Katharine Jenkins
Ontic Injustice
Jenkins, Katharine
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Abstract
In this paper, I identify a distinctive form of injustice – ‘ontic injustice – in which an individual is wronged by the very fact of being socially constructed as a member of a certain social kind. To be a member of a certain social kind is, at least in part, to be subject to certain social constraints and enablements, and these constraints and enablements can be wrongful to the individual who is subjected to them, in the sense that they inflict a moral injury. The concept of ontic injustice is valuable in three main ways: it draws our attention to the role played by social kinds in enacting wrongful constraints and enablements; it clarifies our options for developing accounts of the ontology of particular social kinds, such as gender kinds; and – along with the related concept of ‘ontic oppression’ – it helps us to understand and respond to oppression.
Citation
Jenkins, K. (2020). Ontic Injustice. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 6(2), 188-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2019.27
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 10, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 23, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jun 25, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 25, 2020 |
Journal | Journal of the American Philosophical Association |
Print ISSN | 2053-4477 |
Electronic ISSN | 2053-4485 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 188-205 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2019.27 |
Keywords | Social Construction, Injustice, Moral Injury, Social Kinds, Gender Kinds |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2300186 |
Publisher URL | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-american-philosophical-association/article/ontic-injustice/828248F30105C2B6D46ABD158B817A21# |
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