Exploring epistemic vices in the fiduciary: injustice and beyond.

Mussell, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-9713 2021. Exploring epistemic vices in the fiduciary: injustice and beyond. [Working Paper]. Cambridge: Centre for Business Research (CBR), Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Available at: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/...

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Abstract

The paper investigates epistemic vices in the fiduciary. Building on existing work exploring the presence of epistemic injustice embedded in the fiduciary, the paper examines the presence of another vice - epistemic hubris - and suggests how epistemic injustice acts as a capital vice within the context of the fiduciary, facilitating hubris to flourish. Three interrelated arguments are advanced. The first focuses on how the asymmetrical leader-follower dynamic within the fiduciary results in hubris. The second builds on this exploring how the lack of consultation with the beneficiary alongside deployment of specific economic epistemic goods to interpret the fiduciary results in additional hubris. The third draws the two together, arguing that as epistemic injustice creates conditions for both examples of hubris to flourish, it serves as a capital vice within the context of the fiduciary. Finally, safeguarding suggestions are outlined for how these epistemic vices could be avoided.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HG Finance K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	Centre for Business Research (CBR), Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 February 2024
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2024 14:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166205

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