How Black Lives Matter: Alice Walker, Alasdair Macintyre, and the Moral Significance of Enacted Narrative.

  • Published In: Philosophy & Literature, 2023, v. 47, n. 2. P. 421 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Beasley, Brett 3 of 3

Abstract

What does it mean to claim that "lives" should be the cornerstone of ethical analysis and reflection? This question has been raised by the Black Lives Matter movement. However, public discussions of the movement have often devolved into rhetorical battles that elide the movement's central moral claims. This paper investigates the question by examining the role of "lives" in the Black womanist ethical tradition and in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. I argue that these two traditions, despite their differences, can illuminate one another, and I explain and defend my position through a reading of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Philosophy & Literature. 2023/10, Vol. 47, Issue 2, p421
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0190-0013
  • DOI:10.1353/phl.2023.a913815
  • Accession Number:174179044
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