Who cares what the people think? Revisiting David Miller’s approach to theorising about justice

Baderin, Alice; Busen, Andreas; Schramme, Thomas; Ulaş, Luke; Miller, David

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“…12 12 For some of the many academic responses to the book see Angeli (2016); Fine (2016); Kukathas (2016); Owen (2016); Parvin (2016); McNicoll (2016); Waldron (2016); Baderin et al (2017); Bosniak (2017); Parekh (2017); Piras (2017); Owen (2017); Spring (2018); Thomassen et al (2017). For some of Miller's interventions in the media and responses to it, see Miller (2016b); Sager (2016a); Ryerson (2016); Sanneh (2016); Williams (2016); Hoskins (2017); Sager (2016b).…”

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Engaging Vulnerabilities: An Outline for a Responsive and Responsible Theory

Mihai¹

2019

Journal of Social Philosophy

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This paper proposes that several methodological imperatives should guide responsible and responsive theorising in order for any form of solidarity between philosophers and the vulnerable people they theorise about to be possible. As purveyors of conceptualisations, principles and critique, social and political philosophers contribute to public debates, often oblivious of how they tap into a community's political imaginary, sometimes challenging, other times reinforcing it. I propose that philosophers need to assume responsibility for how they conceptually carve out "reality" and for the normative assessment thereof, often enunciated from a position of authority. Moreover, in theorising, philosophers must be responsive to and solicit the voices of the vulnerable. Building on feminist and critical race theory and social epistemology, I first outline a vision of responsible and responsive theory, centred on practices of apprenticeship and playful world travelling, which have an affective dimension. I then introduce a methodological ethos that enables philosophers to participate reflexively in debates over difficult issues, contributing illuminating (rather than obscuring) ideas to the public hermeneutical pool of interpretive resources. I conclude by discussing how irresponsible and irresponsive theory dealt with a specific case of vulnerable people-migrants and refugees-thus foreclosing the very possibility of solidarity.

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“…Sarah Song in Thomassen et al (2017); Baderin (2017); Busen (2017); Ulaş (2017); Kukathas (2016); Fine (2016); Schramme (2017). Ulaş comes closest to problematizing the philosopher's positionality (Baderin et al 2017).…”

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Engaging Vulnerabilities: An Outline for a Responsive and Responsible Theory

Mihai¹

2019

Journal of Social Philosophy

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A ‘Social Justice’ Movement in the Banking Industry? Banking, Competition and Financial Inclusion in South Africa with Insights from Zimbabwe

Kondo

2023

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice

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How to Do Empirical Political Philosophy: A Case Study of Miller’s Argument for Needs-Based Justice

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2023

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In recent years an increasing number of political philosophers have begun to ground their arguments in empirical evidence. I investigate this novel approach by way of example. The object of my case study is David Miller’s renewed empirical argument for a needs-based principle of justice. First, I introduce Miller’s argument. Then I raise four worries about the application of his methodology that give rise to corresponding general recommendations for how to do empirical political philosophy. Proponents of this approach should take care to (1) check for inappropriately narrow (and broad) samples, (2) verify studies’ relevance for their empirical hypotheses, (3) adjust their confidence to the available empirical evidence, and (4) properly integrate their hypotheses into their philosophical theorizing.

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Who cares what the people think? Revisiting David Miller’s approach to theorising about justice

Cited by 18 publications

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Engaging Vulnerabilities: An Outline for a Responsive and Responsible Theory

Engaging Vulnerabilities: An Outline for a Responsive and Responsible Theory

A ‘Social Justice’ Movement in the Banking Industry? Banking, Competition and Financial Inclusion in South Africa with Insights from Zimbabwe

How to Do Empirical Political Philosophy: A Case Study of Miller’s Argument for Needs-Based Justice

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