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A form of moralism where skepticism—the practice of questioning claims and demanding evidence—becomes a performance of virtue and a tool for condemning others. The skeptic moralist treats their own skeptical stance as evidence of moral superiority, their willingness to doubt as proof of character, their demand for evidence as a sign of righteousness. Those who believe without sufficient evidence, who trust authority, who accept claims on faith are not just mistaken but morally suspect—gullible, lazy, irrational, dangerous. Skepticism ceases to be a tool for getting things right and becomes an identity, a badge of honor, a way of distinguishing the virtuous in-group from the contemptible out-group. The moralism betrays skepticism's core value—that we should proportion belief to evidence—by applying it selectively and using it to judge persons rather than claims.
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