Yingshihan Zhu (CUNY Graduate Center): Publications - PhilPeople

CUNY Graduate Center
Department of Philosophy

Doctoral student

Areas of Specialization

Social and Political Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy

Normative Ethics

Social Epistemology

Areas of Interest

Feminist Bioethics

Complacency on Campus: How Allies can do Better (2nd ed.)
with Kurt Blankschaen

In College Ethics: A Reader on Moral Issues that Affect You, Oxford University Press. pp. 403-415. 2020.

What does it mean to be a good ally to the LGBTQ community? Does it count if you attach a rainbow pin to your backpack or post occasional messages of support on social media? We argue that in order to be a good ally involves avoiding the vice of complacency and that allies need to ask themselves two distinct, but related questions: (1) Who are you an ally to?; (2) How are you an ally? While reflecting on these questions helps allies examine what they have or have not been doing so far, these que…Read more
What does it mean to be a good ally to the LGBTQ community? Does it count if you attach a rainbow pin to your backpack or post occasional messages of support on social media? We argue that in order to be a good ally involves avoiding the vice of complacency and that allies need to ask themselves two distinct, but related questions: (1) Who are you an ally to?; (2) How are you an ally? While reflecting on these questions helps allies examine what they have or have not been doing so far, these questions point towards future action by encouraging allies to consider what else they need to be doing to help and who else they need to help.