Humility for Everyone: A No‐Distraction Account.

This paper attempts to motivate and reconcile two thoughts about humility that are in tension. First, the experiences of oppressed people matter a great deal to the question of whether humility is a virtue. Second, prima facie anyway, there still seems reason to think humility is a virtue, and an 'i...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 104; no. 3; pp. 623 - 639
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:This paper attempts to motivate and reconcile two thoughts about humility that are in tension. First, the experiences of oppressed people matter a great deal to the question of whether humility is a virtue. Second, prima facie anyway, there still seems reason to think humility is a virtue, and an 'inclusive' virtue at that, i.e. a virtue for all people. I attempt to reconcile these two thoughts by suggesting a new account of humility, which I call the no‐distraction account. Humility is just the disposition to be free from distracting pride.