Distinguished Lecture: Social structure, narrative and explanation
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Haslanger, Sally
Date Issued
March 2015
Journal
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
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Muse - Johns Hopkins University Press
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Haslanger, Sally. “Distinguished Lecture: Social Structure, Narrative and Explanation.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 45, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 1–15.
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Abstract
Recent work on social injustice has focused on implicit bias as an important factor in explaining persistent injustice in spite of achievements on civil rights. In this paper, I argue that because of its individualism, implicit bias explanation, taken alone, is inadequate to explain ongoing injustice; and, more importantly, it fails to call attention to what is morally at stake. An adequate account of how implicit bias functions must situate it within a broader theory of social structures and structural injustice; changing structures is often a precondition for changing patterns of thought and action and is certainly required for durable change.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.2015.1019176
