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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781318903321

Autore

Zack Naomi <1944->

Titolo

The ethics and mores of race [[electronic resource] ] : equality after the history of philosophy / / Naomi Zack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-4422-4912-9

1-283-16348-9

9786613163486

1-4422-1127-X

Edizione

[First paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

177/.5

Soggetti

Racism - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Race discrimination - United States

Social ethics - United States

Racism

Race discrimination

Social ethics

Manners and customs

United States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : ethics, mores, and race -- Plato's and Aristotle's invention of ethics -- Cosmopolitan contributions to an ethics of race -- Natural law and inequality -- Moral law and slavery -- Christian metaphysics and inequality -- Social contract theory and the sovereign nation state -- Deontology, utilitarianism, and rights -- Conclusion : egalitarian humanism and requirements for an ethics of race.

Sommario/riassunto

Preeminent philosopher, Naomi Zack, brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. Beginning with Plato and a philosophical tradition that has largely ignored race, The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality After the History of Philosophy enters into a web of ideas, ethics, and morals that untangle our evolving ideas of racial equality straight into the twenty-



first century. The dichotomy between ethics and mores has long aided the separation of what is right with ideas of equality. Zack tackles the co-existence of slavery with the c