Epistemic ethics justice: a “radical imaginary”
Published: N/A
Journal: Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
Abstract
ABSTRACT In the context of the Great Challenges for Social Work, this conceptual paper envisions a “radical imaginary” as a call to action to incrementally build an epistemically just ethics infrastructure in the coming decade that centers race, ethnicity, and culture. The existing challenges of the dominance of moral absolutes and Eurocentric ethics curriculum were examined. Three change processes were proposed to help build a futuristic infrastructure for ethics praxis with a thicker, more equitable, and more inclusive moral social fabric. This “radical imaginary” promotes anti-racist and anti-oppressive ethics praxis that seeks to eliminate both ethical social isolation and ethics-based racism. KEYWORDS: Epistemic justice, ethics, race, ethnicity, culture, grand challenges. Disclosure statement: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Faculty Members
- Bibiana D. Koh - School of Social Work, Salisbury University, Salisbury, USA
Themes
- Inclusive moral frameworks
- Cultural diversity in ethics
- Epistemic justice
- Ethics-based racism
- Anti-racist practices
- Ethics in social work
- Social isolation in ethical practices
Categories
- Humanities
- Social sciences
- Social sciences, other
- Sociology, general
- Philosophy and religious studies
- Philosophy
- Humanities, other
- Ethnic studies
- Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
- Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies nec
- Religion religious studies
- Humanities and humanistic studies
- Philosophy and religious studies nec
- Social sciences nec
- Sociology, demography, and population studies nec
- Theological and ministerial studies
- Sociology, demography, and population studies