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249Moral perception and particularityEthics 101 (4): 701-725. 1991.Most contemporary moral philosophy is concerned with issues of rationality, universality, impartiality, and principle. By contrast Laurence Blum is concerned with the psychology of moral agency. The essays in this collection examine the moral import of emotion, motivation, judgment, perception, and group identifications, and explore how all these psychic capacities contribute to a morally good life. Blum takes up the challenge of Iris Murdoch to articulate a vision of moral excellence that provi…Read more
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2Against deriving particularityIn Brad Hooker & Margaret Olivia Little (eds.), Moral particularism, Oxford University Press. pp. 205--226. 2000.
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818Three kinds of race-related solidarityJournal of Social Philosophy 38 (1). 2007.Solidarity within a group facing adversity exemplifies certain human goods, some instrumental to the goal of mitigating the adversity, some non-instrumental, such as trust, loyalty, and mutual concern. Group identity, shared experience, and shared political commitments are three distinct but often-conflated bases of racial group solidarity. Solidarity groups built around political commitments include members of more than one identity group, even when the political focus is primarily on the justi…Read more
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35Recognition and Multiculturalism in EducationJournal of Philosophy of Education 35 (4): 539-559. 2001.Charles Taylor’s ‘Politics of Recognition’ has given philosophical substance to the idea of ‘recognition’ and has solidified a link between recognition and multiculturalism. I argue that Taylor oversimplifies the valuational basis of recognition; fails to appreciate the difference between recognition of individuals and of groups; fails to articulate the value of individuality; fails to appreciate the difference between race and ethnoculture as dimensions of identity; and fails to appreciate equa…Read more
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53682Stereotypes And Stereotyping: A Moral AnalysisPhilosophical Papers 33 (3): 251-289. 2004.Stereotypes are false or misleading generalizations about groups, generally widely shared in a society, and held in a manner resistant, but not totally, to counterevidence. Stereotypes shape the stereotyper’s perception of stereotyped groups, seeing the stereotypic characteristics when they are not present, and generally homogenizing the group. The association between the group and the given characteristic involved in a stereotype often involves a cognitive investment weaker than that of belief.…Read more
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62Review of Michael Slote, The Ethics of Care and Empathy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (3). 2008.
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PrejudiceIn Harvey Siegel (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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