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    The Discourse Ecology Model: Changing the World One Habit at a Time
    In Jeremy Dunham & Komarine Romdenh-Romluc (eds.), Habit and the History of Philosophy, Routledge. pp. 207-219. 2022.
    Contemporary social philosophy is paying increasing attention to the politics of language use, from social epistemology and questions of testimonial injustice to political worries about freedom of expression, silencing, and hate speech. We argue about how to reduce the harms arising from such injustices, but to solve these debates, we need a framework which lets us track how social change unfolds, and which lets us drive such changes toward more just outcomes. I argue that my Discourse Ecology M…Read more
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    People care very much about being listened to. In everyday talk, we make moral-sounding judgements of people as listeners: praising a doctor who listens well even if she does not have a ready solution, or blaming a boss who does not listen even if the employee manages to get her situation addressed. In this sense, listening is a normative behaviour: that is, we ought to be good listeners. Whilst several disciplines have addressed the normative importance of interpersonal listening—particularly i…Read more
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    I offer a novel interdisciplinary approach to understanding the communicative task of listening, which is under-theorised compared to its more conspicuous counterpart, speech. By correlating a Rylean view of mental actions with a virtue ethical framework, I show listeners’ internal activity as a morally relevant feature of how they treat people. The listener employs a policy of responsiveness in managing the extent to which they allow a speaker's voice to be centred within their more effortful, …Read more