Whiteley, E.K. (2023) “A woman first and a philosopher second”: relative attentional surplus on the wrong property. Ethics, 133 (4). pp. 497-528. ISSN 0014-1704
Abstract
One theme in complaints from those with marginalized social identities is that they are seen primarily in terms of that identity. Some Black artists, for instance, complain about being seen as Black first and artists second. These individuals can be understood as objecting to a particularly subtle form of morally problematic attention: “relative attentional surplus on the wrong property.” This attentional surplus can coexist with another type of common problematic attention affecting these groups, including attentional deficits; marginalized individuals and groups themselves are routinely insufficiently attended to in virtue of the surplus attention given to their social identity properties.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The University of Chicago. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Methods Institute |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2023 08:58 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1086/724538 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203184 |