Doxastic Affirmative Action

According to the relational egalitarian theory of justice, justice requires that people relate as equals. To relate as equals, many relational egalitarians argue, people must (i) regard each other as equals, and (ii) treat each other as equals. In this paper, we argue that, under conditions of backg...

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Authors: Bengtson, Andreas (Author) ; Munch, Lauritz Aastrup (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-220
IxTheo Classification:NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Norms of belief
B Doxastic affirmative action
B Relational egalitarianism
B Doxastic egalitarianism
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Summary:According to the relational egalitarian theory of justice, justice requires that people relate as equals. To relate as equals, many relational egalitarians argue, people must (i) regard each other as equals, and (ii) treat each other as equals. In this paper, we argue that, under conditions of background injustice, such relational egalitarians should endorse affirmative action in the ways in which (dis)esteem is attributed to people as part of the regard-requirement for relating as equals.
ISSN:1572-8447
Contains:Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10677-023-10408-x