Weaponized testimonial injustice

IF 0.4 0 PHILOSOPHY

Torres de Lucca-Revista Internacional de Filosofia Politica Pub Date : 2021-06-07 DOI:10.5209/ltdl.76461

M. Almagro, Javier Osorio, Neftalí Villanueva

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Theoretical tools aimed at making explicit the injustices suffered by certain socially disadvantaged groups might end up serving purposes which were not foreseen when the tools were first introduced. Nothing is inherently wrong with a shift in the scope of a theoretical tool: the popularization of a concept opens up the possibility of its use for several strategic purposes. The thesis that we defend in this paper is that some public figures cultivate a public persona for whom the conditions of the notion of testimonial injustice might be taken to apply, and this situation is exploited to their advantage, as a means to advance their political agendas. More specifically, they take advantage of this to generate situations of crossed disagreements, which in turn foster polarization.

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证言不公正的武器化

旨在明确说明某些社会弱势群体所遭受的不公正待遇的理论工具，最终可能达到最初采用这些工具时没有预见到的目的。理论工具范围的转变本身并没有什么错:一个概念的普及打开了将其用于几个战略目的的可能性。我们在本文中捍卫的论点是，一些公众人物培养了一种公众形象，对他们来说，证词不公正的概念可能适用，这种情况被利用为他们的优势，作为推进他们政治议程的一种手段。更具体地说，他们利用这一点来制造交叉分歧的局面，从而助长两极分化。

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Torres de Lucca-Revista Internacional de Filosofia Politica PHILOSOPHY-

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0.50

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审稿时长

22 weeks

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