Testimonial Injustice and Trust

This book explores testimonial injustice and its connections with public trust, drawing from various philosophical schools of thought and applying them to real-world contexts such as gendered violence, disability, indigenous knowledge, genocide, vaccine hesitancy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It sheds light on the significance of these concepts and offers new insights for scholars and students in social and political epistemology, normative ethics, and social and political philosophy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 356 pages
Publication date: 28 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into groundbreaking approaches and perspectives on epistemic injustice, particularly focusing on testimonial injustice, and its profound connections with public trust. Drawing from a diverse range of philosophical schools of thought and methodologies, it offers a comprehensive analysis of the conditions, mechanisms, and normative implications of testimonial injustice, a term coined by Fricker (2007). Moreover, it explores the crucial role that trust plays in fostering testimonial justice, shedding light on its real-world significance in various contexts and cases, including gendered violence, disability, indigenous knowledge, genocide, vaccine hesitancy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. By applying theories of epistemic injustice and testimonial injustice to these diverse contexts, the book offers insightful insights into the complexities and challenges of these philosophical concepts.

This book will appeal to scholars and students engaged in (critical) social and political epistemology, normative ethics, as well as social and political philosophy more broadly. The chapters included in this book were originally published in esteemed journals such as the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Social Epistemology, and Educational Philosophy and Theory.

In conclusion, Testimonial Injustice and Trust is a groundbreaking work that offers a fresh and thought-provoking exploration of epistemic injustice and its implications for public trust. By presenting novel approaches and perspectives, it provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics between these concepts and their relevance in today's world. This book will be of great interest to scholars, students, and anyone seeking to understand the role of trust in promoting justice and equity.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032500690