Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation
The status of moral testimony has recently been challenged, for both epistemic and non‐epistemic reasons. This paper distinguishes two methods of teaching: transmission, “classic” learning from testimony, that results in second hand knowledge, and propagation which results in first hand knowledge an...
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| description | The status of moral testimony has recently been challenged, for both epistemic and non‐epistemic reasons. This paper distinguishes two methods of teaching: transmission, “classic” learning from testimony, that results in second hand knowledge, and propagation which results in first hand knowledge and understanding. Moral propagation avoids most of the epistemic and non‐epistemic problems of transmission. Moreover, moral propagation can develop and refine non‐cognitive attitudes too. Therefore moral testimony should (and normally does) take the form of moral propagation, not transmission. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:63e396fc-c058-4822-b51f-a0d78f2ef1672022-03-26T18:15:42ZMoral testimony: transmission versus propagationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:63e396fc-c058-4822-b51f-a0d78f2ef167EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2019Hills, AThe status of moral testimony has recently been challenged, for both epistemic and non‐epistemic reasons. This paper distinguishes two methods of teaching: transmission, “classic” learning from testimony, that results in second hand knowledge, and propagation which results in first hand knowledge and understanding. Moral propagation avoids most of the epistemic and non‐epistemic problems of transmission. Moreover, moral propagation can develop and refine non‐cognitive attitudes too. Therefore moral testimony should (and normally does) take the form of moral propagation, not transmission. |
| spellingShingle | Hills, A Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation |
| title | Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation |
| title_full | Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation |
| title_short | Moral testimony: transmission versus propagation |
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