Explain cliffords example of the shipowner

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1. Explain Clifford's example of the shipowner: What lesson does Clifford draw from this example? Would it make a difference if the ship had made its voyage safely, and why/why not?

2. Explain one of the reasons why Clifford thinks that belief without evidence, even when it comes to seemingly trivial things, matters morally.

3. Give an example of a theory (doesn't have to be a theory from science; could be pseudoscience, superstition, etc.) that is unfalsifiable in Karl Popper's sense of the word, and explain why it is unfalsifiable.

Reference:

Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief" (attached; stop at the section entitled, "The Weight of Authority").

Paley, Natural Theology;

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