Developing Generous Dispositions in Pre-Service Teachers in a Time of Censorship: Using Miranda Fricker’s Theory of Virtuous Hearing to Cultivate Just Dispositions
Mary E. Carlson
Miranda Fricker’s theory of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice, rather than a merely abstract theory of analytical philosophy, has the potential to have a direct, positive impact on dispositional development in pre-service teachers. Her proposed remedy to injustices, virtuous hearing, is a virtue/skill which may be one effective way in which university teacher education programs can cultivate socially just dispositions in pre-service teachers. The fact that her remedy is virtue-based should