The Importance of Standpoint Epistemology

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"You both, to varying degrees outlined what you believe to be relevant for if and when an instance of a slur being used is offensive," he said. "But neither of you acknowledge that your own perspective might actually block you from being able to access all relevant aspects of this matter." He added: "I wish you had brought attention to the academic literature that addresses these issues,. particularly standpoint epistemology and critical theory".

Paul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop, we talk about Paul's new book (coming in November) Just Babies: The Origin of Good and Evil , racist babies, and how 80s sitcoms changed the world. In the first segment, Dave and Tamler face the music and try to respond to a listener's criticisms of their episode on slurs and offensiveness (Episode 22) .

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