Chamberlain, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-4127 (2024) Moral testimony and epistemic privilege. Metaphilosophy, 55 (4-5). pp. 582-594. ISSN 0026-1068
Abstract
How should we, as philosophers, respond to the pure moral testimony of people in marginalized positions? Some philosophers argue that marginalized people have an epistemic advantage concerning their experiences of marginalization, such that, if we are non-marginalized, then we should defer to their moral testimony concerning these experiences. We might accept this as a requirement for ordinary conversation but doubt that any such requirement obtains when we do philosophy, since philosophy requires a critical stance. This paper argues that philosophers should also defer in such cases. It concludes that non-marginalized philosophers can only properly address certain moral propositions concerning the experiences of marginalized people if they engage in ongoing philosophical discussions with such people, starting from a position of trust.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Metaphilosophy published by Metaphilosophy LLC and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | epistemic deference; epistemic privilege; moral deliberation; moral epistemology; moral testimony; philosophical methods; trust |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2024 14:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2025 12:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/meta.12706 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217358 |
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