Does The Ship Hold The False Belief Clifford

Summary
In this essay, Clifford provides two stories about belief. The first story is about a ship-owner with an old ship. The ship-owner knows that his ship might need to be overhauled but talks himself out of his doubts by reminding himself that the ship has sailed safely many times before. The ship then sinks and all the passengers die. Clifford points out that the ship-owner is morally responsible for the deaths of these people because he let his beliefs guide his action without evidence. Furthermore, Clifford also believes that the ship-owner would be equally guilty if the ship had not sunk because it was wrong of him to hold the false belief.

The second story is about an island where certain members are agitating the public into joining