ABSTRACT

Suppose that my testifying at a disciplinary tribunal leads to my unfair dismissal. This would be an instance of injustice that is the result of an act of testimony, but not a case of testimonial injustice in the sense under investigation in this essay. Why not? Because we are interested here in investigating the possibility that there is a categorical connection between certain instances of injustice and the social practice of testimony, where the connection is such that an understanding of the injustice in these specific instances emerges from a consideration of the general practice. It seems clear, in contrast, that one can understand the injustice of my unfair dismissal without any consideration of the social practice of testimony whatsoever.