Holroyd, J. (2021) Oppressive praise. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 7 (4). 3. ISSN 2371-2570
Abstract
Philosophers have had a lot to say about blame, much less about praise. In this paper, I follow some recent authors in arguing that this is a mistake. However, unlike these recent authors, the reasons I identify for scrutinising praise are to do with the ways in which praise is, systematically, unjustly apportioned. Specifically, drawing on testimony and findings from social psychology, I argue that praise is often apportioned in ways that reflect and entrench existing structures of oppression. Articulating what is going wrong here helps us to see what to do about it.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | praise; blame; moral responsibility; esteem; stereotypes; distribution; shifting standards; amelioration |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 10:14 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2022 10:14 |
Published Version: | https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/article/view/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Western University |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181928 |