Yolonda Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4292686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yolonda Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yolonda |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2825-0354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hobbesian Diffidence, Second-Order Discrimination, and Racial Profiling
Taking Hobbesian logic as my starting point, I argue that Hobbesian diffidence, one of the causes of quarrel in the state of nature, does not disappear once the citizens enter civil society. Rather, diffidence is merely contained by the sovereign. Following Alice Ristroph, I argue that diffidence comes to shape what citizens demand of the state/sovereign in the criminal law. However, I show that Ristroph does not fully appreciate that the concept…
Empathy and structural injustice in the assessment of patient noncompliance
Empathy is generally considered important because it is linked to prosocial helping behaviors. To the extent that humans are thought to be social creatures, empathy is regarded as an important component of our general well‐being. Meanwhile, empathy skeptics argue that empathy is not as important as its proponents believe. While there is philosophical debate about the appropriate place for empathy in moral judgment, empathy is a taken‐for‐granted,…
Is Trust Enough? Anti‐Black Racism and the Perception of Black Vaccine “Hesitancy”
In this article, I offer a preliminary exploration of the heavy lifting that the word “trust” is doing in questions about Black distrust of medicine and what, if anything, comes from it. I also offer an account of why questions like, “Why don't Black people trust vaccines?” are not only the wrong questions to ask but also insulting, and I go on to provide a Black feminist analysis of racial injustice in medicine—an analysis that does not center a…
What Happened to Consent? Rationalizing Its Breaches
Harriet Washington's latest book , Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent, examines several cases of exploitation within different U.S. populations involved in medical experimentation. She argues that “consent has been whittled away not by successful ethical argument or by persuasion but because the U.S. medical research system maintains subjects in a voiceless and uninformed state.” Protections promised by the early medico‐legal ideal of …
Book Forum
For the Common Good
Written in response to what he recognizes as the problematic philosophical underpinnings of "orthodox research ethics," Alex John London's For the Common Good reimagines what is called for in any effort to create a better system of oversight and regulation in biomedical research. London weaves a common thread - justice - through this historical and critical account of the practice of research ethics and its organization of stakeholders, instituti…
How Might We Address the Factors that Contribute to the Scarcity of Philosophers Who Are Women and/or of Color
Professional philosophy in the US remains relatively homogenous. I use four anecdotes to amplify some of the practices that may contribute to the dearth of underrepresented philosophers. Each anecdote highlights a different problem—lack of proper mentoring, stereotype threat, difficulties navigating sexism, and a sense of exclusion. Although I discuss each of these issues separately, it is certainly the case that these (and other issues) can and …
Book Forum
How Might We Address the Factors that Contribute to the Scarcity of Philosophers Who Are Women and/or of Color
Professional philosophy in the US remains relatively homogenous. I use four anecdotes to amplify some of the practices that may contribute to the dearth of underrepresented philosophers. Each anecdote highlights a different problem—lack of proper mentoring, stereotype threat, difficulties navigating sexism, and a sense of exclusion. Although I discuss each of these issues separately, it is certainly the case that these (and other issues) can and …
How Might We Address the Factors that Contribute to the Scarcity of Philosophers Who Are Women and/or of Color
Professional philosophy in the US remains relatively homogenous. I use four anecdotes to amplify some of the practices that may contribute to the dearth of underrepresented philosophers. Each anecdote highlights a different problem—lack of proper mentoring, stereotype threat, difficulties navigating sexism, and a sense of exclusion. Although I discuss each of these issues separately, it is certainly the case that these (and other issues) can and …
Empathy and structural injustice in the assessment of patient noncompliance
Empathy is generally considered important because it is linked to prosocial helping behaviors. To the extent that humans are thought to be social creatures, empathy is regarded as an important component of our general well‐being. Meanwhile, empathy skeptics argue that empathy is not as important as its proponents believe. While there is philosophical debate about the appropriate place for empathy in moral judgment, empathy is a taken‐for‐granted,…
Is Trust Enough? Anti‐Black Racism and the Perception of Black Vaccine “Hesitancy”
In this article, I offer a preliminary exploration of the heavy lifting that the word “trust” is doing in questions about Black distrust of medicine and what, if anything, comes from it. I also offer an account of why questions like, “Why don't Black people trust vaccines?” are not only the wrong questions to ask but also insulting, and I go on to provide a Black feminist analysis of racial injustice in medicine—an analysis that does not center a…
What Happened to Consent? Rationalizing Its Breaches
Harriet Washington's latest book , Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent, examines several cases of exploitation within different U.S. populations involved in medical experimentation. She argues that “consent has been whittled away not by successful ethical argument or by persuasion but because the U.S. medical research system maintains subjects in a voiceless and uninformed state.” Protections promised by the early medico‐legal ideal of …
Book Forum
For the Common Good
Written in response to what he recognizes as the problematic philosophical underpinnings of "orthodox research ethics," Alex John London's For the Common Good reimagines what is called for in any effort to create a better system of oversight and regulation in biomedical research. London weaves a common thread - justice - through this historical and critical account of the practice of research ethics and its organization of stakeholders, instituti…
Hobbesian Diffidence, Second-Order Discrimination, and Racial Profiling
Taking Hobbesian logic as my starting point, I argue that Hobbesian diffidence, one of the causes of quarrel in the state of nature, does not disappear once the citizens enter civil society. Rather, diffidence is merely contained by the sovereign. Following Alice Ristroph, I argue that diffidence comes to shape what citizens demand of the state/sovereign in the criminal law. However, I show that Ristroph does not fully appreciate that the concept…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)