Abstract

In this chapter, Catherin Lu encourages Andrea Sangiovanni to consider failures of solidarity in conditions of structural injustice. Sangiovanni’s lead essay focuses mostly on instances when solidarity not only succeeds in bringing people together but is also valuable, although it does mention cases of solidarity bent toward wicked ends. Lu expresses sympathy for Sangiovanni’s account of the instrumental and non-instrumental value of solidarity, but argues that assessing solidarity’s value in contexts of structural injustice is more complicated than his analysis suggests. Ultimately, one may be more ambivalent about the instrumental or non-instrumental value of solidarity as a social practice in contexts of deep and pervasive structural injustice.