Ethics and Mores of Race - Equality After the History of Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Naomi Zack is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon. She is author of White Privilege and Black Rights: The Injustice of U.S. Police Racial Profiling and Homicide (R&L 2015), The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy (R&L 2011), Ethics for Disaster (R&L 2009), and Philosophy of Science and Race (Routledge 2002). Klappentext Naomi Zack brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. 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. Zusammenfassung Naomi Zack brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ethics, Mores, and RaceChapter 1: Plato and Aristotle's Invention of RaceChapter 2: Cosmopolitan Contributions to an Ethics of RaceChapter 3: Natural Law and InequalityChapter 4: Moral Law and SlaveryChapter 5: Christian Metaphysics and InequalityChapter 6: Social Contract Theory and the Sovereign Nation StateChapter 7: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and RightsConclusion: Egalitarian Humanism and Requirements for an Ethics of RaceSelect BibliographyAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Zack, Zack Naomi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781442211254
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1125-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies