Gossip as a Burdened Virtue
Gossip is often serious business, not idle chitchat. Gossip allows those oppressed to privately name their oppressors as a warning to others. Of course, gossip can be in error. The speaker may be lying or merely have lacked sufficient evidence. Bias can also make those who hear the gossip more or le...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2017]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Jahr: 2017, Band: 20, Heft: 3, Seiten: 473-487 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCB Individualethik VA Philosophie ZD Psychologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Burdened virtue
B Gossip B Social epistemology B Virtue B Reputation |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Gossip is often serious business, not idle chitchat. Gossip allows those oppressed to privately name their oppressors as a warning to others. Of course, gossip can be in error. The speaker may be lying or merely have lacked sufficient evidence. Bias can also make those who hear the gossip more or less likely to believe the gossip. By examining the social functions of gossip and considering the differences in power dynamics in which gossip can occur, we contend that gossip may be not only permissible but virtuous, both as the only reasonable recourse available and as a means of resistance against oppression. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-017-9809-y |