Not All Speakers are Equal: Harm and Conversational Standing

Daimon: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 1 (84) (2021)
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McGowan has provided a linguistic mechanism that explains how speech can constitute harm. Her idea is that utterances routinely enact s-norms about what is permissible in a given context. My aim is to argue that these s-norms are sensitive to the conversational standing of the speaker. In particular, I claim that the strength of the norm enacted depends on the standing of the speaker. In some cases, the speaker might even lack the standing required to enact new s-norms.

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Claudia Picazo
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