Institutional Opacity, Epistemic Vulnerability, and Institutional Testimonial Justice.

This paper offers an account of institutional testimonial justice and describes one way that it breaks down, which we call institutional opacity. An institution is opaque when it becomes resistant to epistemic evaluation and understanding by its agents and users. When one cannot understand the inner...

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Published in:	International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 473 - 497
Main Authors:	Carel, Havi, Kidd, Ian James
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2021
Subjects:	Justice Institutions (Philosophy) Psychological vulnerability Epistemics Legal testimony
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