Social kind essentialism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-025-02307-x
Abstract: There has been widespread opposition to so-called essentialism in contemporary social theory. At the same time, within contemporary analytic metaphysics, the notion of essence has been revived and put to work by neo-Aristotelians. The ‘new… read more here.
Keywords: essentialism; essentialism social; metaphysics; social kind ... See more keywords
When and Why Is Social Kind Membership Morally Wrong? On the Moral Foundations of Ontic Injustice
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DOI: 10.1515/mopp-2024-0017
Abstract: Abstract This paper argues that Katharine Jenkins’s theory of ontic injustice lacks a fully satisfactory conceptual and moral foundation. Specifically, it fails to provide a compelling account of when and why social kind membership constitutes… read more here.
Keywords: social kind; ontic injustice; membership morally; kind membership ... See more keywords