Open AccessIX—A Virtue Theory of Testimony
Author(s) -
Faulkner Paul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of the aristotelian society (hardback)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.97
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-9264
pISSN - 0066-7374
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9264.2014.00370.x
Subject(s) - virtue , epistemic virtue , trustworthiness , virtue ethics , epistemology , ethical theory , ethical theories , philosophy , sociology , psychology , social psychology
This paper aims to outline, evaluate, and ultimately reject a virtue epistemic theory of testimony before proposing a virtue ethical theory. Trust and trustworthiness, it is proposed, are ethical virtues; and from these ethical virtues, epistemic consequences follow.