Guided by Voices
Eric Wiland
Abstract
Abstract Guided by Voices defends both moral testimony and advice against a wide variety of common worries. It instead argues that it is often wise both to believe what other people tell you about what’s right and wrong, and to trust their advice. Deferring to others about moral matters is a way of gaining moral knowledge and understanding. Accepting testimony about morality can remedy epistemic injustice and forge epistemic solidarity. Best of all, taking advice is a way of forming a joint agent with your adviser, one whose activity is just as good as that of individual agents. Arguing against the presumption that moral reasoning is ideally done alone, Guided by Voices is the first book-length treatment of moral testimony and advice.