The ethics and mores of race
Subtitle: equality after the history of philosophy
By: Naomi Zack
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781442211254; 9781442211278
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Racism; Social ethics; Race discrimination
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: ethics, mores, and race; title: Plato and Aristotle's invention of race; title: Cosmopolitan contributions to an ethics of race. Natural law and inequality; title: Moral law and slavery; title: Christian metaphysics and inequality; title: Social contract theory and the sovereign nation state; title: Deontology, utilitarianism, and rights; title: Conclusion: egalitarian humanism and requirements for an ethics of race.