Question: What British academic philosopher has this quote attributed to him regarding the principle of charity "it constrains the interpreter to maximize the truth or rationality in the subject's sayings."?
Context: "The Examined Life" is a phrase that refers to a quote attributed to Socrates in Plato's Apology: Patrick Lancaster Gardiner (1922–1997) was a British academic philosopher, a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity requires interpreting a speaker's statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation.  In its narrowest sense, the goal of this methodological principle is to avoid attributing irrationality, logical fallacies or falsehoods to the others' statements, when a coherent, rational interpretation of the statements is available.  According to Simon Blackburn "it constrains the interpreter to maximize the truth or rationality in the subject's sayings." Simon Blackburn, FBA (born 12 July 1944) is a British academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy.  He retired as the professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 2011, but remains a distinguished research professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, teaching every fall semester.  He is also a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a member of the professoriate of New College of the Humanities.  He was previously a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and has also taught full-time at the University of North Carolina as an Edna J. Koury Professor.  He is a former president of the Aristotelian Society, having served the 2009–2010 term.  He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2002 and a Foreign Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2008. "The Overcoat" (Russian: Шинель , translit.  Shinel; sometimes translated as "The Cloak") is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842.  The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'."  The story has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. Vron Ware is a British academic and professor at Kingston University.  She was editor of "Searchlight" magazine from 1981 to 1983, and worked as a freelance journalist until 1987 when she cofounded the Women's Design Service.  She taught cultural geography at the University of Greenwich from 1992 to 1999, sociology and gender studies at Yale University from 1999 to 2005, and was senior research fellow at the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change at the Open University from 2008 to 2014.  She is married to the British academic Paul Gilroy. The Masses Are Asses is a quote attributed to Alexander Hamilton, and can refer to: David Papineau (born 1947) is a British academic philosopher, born in Como, Italy.  He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center having previously taught for several years at Cambridge University where he was a fellow of Robinson College.  He was born in Italy and grew up in Trinidad, England and South Africa.  He currently lives in London with his wife, Rose Wild, and their two children Katy and Louis. David Conway (born 1947) is a British academic philosopher who has written several books on philosophy and politics.  He has been described as "a classical liberal who thinks nations are essential". Peter Goldie (5 November 1946 – 22 October 2011) was a British academic philosopher with interests in ethics and aesthetics.  He was the Samuel Hall Chair in Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Discipline Area of the School of Social Sciences at University of Manchester.  He was educated at Felsted.
Answer: Simon Blackburn