The Olivia Bailey Phenomenon

My work explores the relationship between the epistemic and the ethical by addressing the question: How do different kinds of epistemic and ethical goods and virtues enable, constitute,. A puzzle about the moral limits of empathetic imagination. But how do i participate? In this paper, i show that empathy bears a complex and surprisingly problematic relation to another social epistemic phenomenon that we have reason to value, namely testimonial trust.

Empathy is a form of emotionally charged imaginative perspective‐taking. It is also the unique source of a. Specifically, i defend what i call the humane understanding thesis: Empathy is the source of a distinct epistemic good, humane understanding, which consists in the appreciation of the. Nov 13, 2018 · i show that empathy bears a complex and surprisingly problematic relation to another social epistemic phenomenon that we have reason to value, namely testimonial trust.