The Epistemology of Justice. Issue 1 (5th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anderson, Elizabeth
• Is Part Of: Southern journal of philosophy. Volume 58:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2020-03-05
• Subjects: 105
• DOI: 10.1111/sjp.12351
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-4283

Abstract

Abstract: In arguing about justice, different sides often accept common moral principles, but reach different conclusions about justice because they disagree about facts. I argue that motivated reasoning, epistemic injustice, and ideologies of injustice support unjust institutions by entrenching distorted representations of the world. Working from a naturalistic conception of justice as a kind of social contract, I suggest some strategies for discovering what justice demands by counteracting these biases. Moral sentiments offer vital resources to this end.