Epistemic Mercy and Incarceration: Rethinking the Demands of Justice
Ethicists and activists have joined forces in recent years to address the problem of "epistemic injustice," the unjust treatment of people as knowers and, by extension, as communicators. After highlighting the difficulties that come with applying their work to the hard case of the incarcer...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
2022
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-118 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NAB Fundamental theology NCA Ethics NCC Social ethics |
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| Summary: | Ethicists and activists have joined forces in recent years to address the problem of "epistemic injustice," the unjust treatment of people as knowers and, by extension, as communicators. After highlighting the difficulties that come with applying their work to the hard case of the incarcerated individual, I turn from the ambiguities of justice to Christian views of mercy. In doing so, I aim to show the contributions religious ethics makes to discussions of epistemic responsibility and vice versa. More concretely, I also aim to show that if and when disbelief is justified—even deserved—incarcerated individuals can and often should receive what I’m calling "epistemic mercy," a view that revives longstanding debates about mercy and moral obligation. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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