#MeToo & the role of Outright Belief

In this paper, I provide an account of the wrong that is done to women when everyday people fail to believe allegations of sexual assault made by women. I argue that an everyday person wrongs both the accuser and women causally distant from the accuser when they fail to believe the accuser’s allegat...

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Main Author: Lloyd, Alexandra 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2022
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2022, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-197
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Epistemology
B Applied Ethics
B Social epistemology
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