This article examines the business case for diversity (BCD), according to which diversity should be promoted because diverse groups outperform nondiverse groups. Philosophers who defend BCD usually propose that diversity’s positive effects are contingent on equitable background conditions that promote respectful and open discourse, suggesting that efforts to promote equity and to reap the benefits of diversity go hand-in-hand. Yet we explain how epistemic benefits of diversity can depend on inequities, including inequalities of intellectual authority along the lines of social identity. Consequently, we propose a more complete account of the complex relationship between equity and epistemic benefits of diversity.

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仔细研究多样性的业务案例：错综复杂的公平与认识论利益网

本文研究了多元化（BCD）的业务案例，根据该案例，应该促进多元化，因为多元化的团队要胜过非多元化的团队。捍卫BCD的哲学家通常认为，多样性的积极影响取决于促进尊重和开放话语的公平背景条件，这表明促进平等和收获多样性的好处是齐头并进的。然而，我们解释了多样性的认知好处如何取决于不平等，包括沿着社会认同的思想权威的不平等。因此，我们提出了一个更完整的关于公平与多样性的认知利益之间复杂关系的解释。