What is the characteristic wrong of testimonial injustice?
Abstract In this paper, I aim to identify the wrong that is done by the hearer to the testifier in all cases of testimonial injustice. I introduce the concept of testimonial injustice, as well as the existing accounts of this characteristic wrong, and I argue that the latter don’t work. Then I present my favoured account, which adapts Rachel Fraser’s account of the wrong of aesthetic injustice. I argue that this allows us to see that certain putative stock examples of testimonial injustices in fact do not fall under the concept.
Authors
- Richard Pettigrew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0822-4300)
Institutions
- University of Bristol (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Philosophical Quarterly
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaf034
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.52