Oppressive Praise

Authors

  • Jules Holroyd University of Sheffield

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2021.4.13967

Keywords:

praise, stereotypes, blame, moral responsibility, esteem, distribution, shifting standards, amelioration

Abstract

Philosophers have had a lot to say about blame, much less about praise. In this paper, I follow some recent authors in arguing that this is a mistake. However, unlike these recent authors, the reasons I identify for scrutinising praise are to do with the ways in which praise is, systematically, unjustly apportioned. Specifically, drawing on testimony and findings from social psychology, I argue that praise is often apportioned in ways that reflect and entrench existing structures of oppression. Articulating what is going wrong here helps us to see what to do about it.

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Published

2021-12-06

How to Cite

Holroyd, Jules. 2021. “Oppressive Praise”. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 7 (4). https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2021.4.13967.

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 4 (2021)

Section

Articles, peer-reviewed

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Copyright (c) 2021 Jules Holroyd

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