Oppressive Praise

Oppressive Praise

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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 STOOLS 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 DRESSES URBAN is going wrong here helps us to see what to do about it.