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Justice via empirical experimentation, not armchair theory

Rather than reflecting from the armchair on how the world should be, addressing socially constructed inequities is better handled through social practice — trying things out, being good empiricists, and seeing what works, because imposing terms of coordination top-down often fails when not sensitive to people's needs and histories.

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Speaker

Sally Haslanger

Evidence Quote

you've gotta use the empirical information that you can get to see what's gonna work.

Source

182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical TheorySean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:30:09 AM

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