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325Why You Ought to Defer: Moral Deference and Marginalized ExperienceFeminist Philosophy Quarterly 8 (2). 2022.In this paper we argue that moral deference is prima facie obligatory in cases in which the testifier is a member of a marginalized social group that the receiver is not and testifies about their marginalized experience. We distinguish between two types of deference: epistemic deference, which refers to believing p in virtue of trusting the testifier, and actional deference, which involves acting appropriately in response to the testimony given. The prima facie duty we propose applies to both ep…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |