Speak No Evil: Understanding Hermeneutical (In)justice

Miranda Fricker's original presentation of Hermeneutical Injustice left open theoretical choice points leading to criticisms and subsequent clarifications with the resulting dialectic appearing largely verbal. The absence of perspicuous exposition of hallmarks of Hermeneutical Injustice might s...

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Published inEpisteme Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 431 - 454
Main Author Beverley, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2022
Subjects
Community
Epistemology
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Injustice
Justice
Morality
Prejudice
Sexual harassment
Social exclusion
Hermeneutical Justice
Epistemic Injustice
epistemic responsibility
moral responsibility
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Summary:Miranda Fricker's original presentation of Hermeneutical Injustice left open theoretical choice points leading to criticisms and subsequent clarifications with the resulting dialectic appearing largely verbal. The absence of perspicuous exposition of hallmarks of Hermeneutical Injustice might suggest scenarios exhibiting some – but not all – such hallmarks are within its purview when they are not. The lack of clear hallmarks of Hermeneutical Injustice, moreover, obscures both the extent to which Fricker's proposed remedy Hermeneutical Justice – roughly, virtuous communicative practices – adequately addresses the injustice, and the accuracy of criticisms suggesting that Hermeneutical Justice is insufficient to the task. In what follows, after briefly defending necessary and sufficient conditions for what I take to be the best candidate interpretation of Hermeneutical Injustice, I build on recent work on moral responsibility to construct and defend a rigorous explication of Hermeneutical Justice.
ISSN:1742-3600
1750-0117
DOI:10.1017/epi.2020.40