Objects or Others? Epistemic Agency and the Primary Harm of Testimonial Injustice

This paper re-examines the debate between those who, with Miranda Fricker, diagnose the primary, non-contingent harm of testimonial injustice as a kind of epistemic objectification and those who contend it is better thought of as a kind of epistemic othering. Defenders of the othering account of the...

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Main Author: McGlynn, Aidan 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2020]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 5, Pages: 831-845
Further subjects:B Gaslighting
B Epistemic agency
B Testimonial injustice
B Objectification
B Othering
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