Moral status of believing in races

Webster, Aness Kim

Abstract

To establish the claim that racism is an ideology that consists of having morally impermissible attitudes towards people in virtue of their racialised identities, Appiah claims that a (false) belief in race is not automatically morally wrong. This paper examines what is involved in believing in races and shows that believing in races is in itself morally problematic as it involves stereotyping that undermines agency.

Citation

Webster, A. K. (online). Moral status of believing in races. Inquiry, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2024.2365889

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 3, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Jun 14, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Journal: Inquiry
• Print ISSN: 0020-174X
• Electronic ISSN: 1502-3923
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 1-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2024.2365889
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2609755