Titlebook: Kantian Dignity and Trolley Problems in the Literature of Richard Wright; Michael Wainwright Book 2024 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and T

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Kantian Dignity and Trolley Problems in the Literature of Richard Wright978-3-031-40216-6Series ISSN 2634-579X Series E-ISSN 2634-5803

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40216-6Novel; Martha C Nussbaum; Immanuel Kant; Richard Wright; Short Story; Enlightenment

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Book 2024his book draws on the philosophical thoughts of her contemporaries—Philippa Foot, John Rawls, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and Derek Parfit—to analyze .Uncle Tom’s Children., especially “Down by the Riverside,” alongside other works by Wright. This approach emphasizes Wright’s recognition of the importance and integrity of Kant’s concept of dignity.

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2634-579X Children, particularly “Down by the Riverside,” alongside eThis book examines the literature of African-American author Richard Wright and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, arguing that Wright was not only the foremost proponent of minoritarian protest literature, but also a groundbreaking minoritar

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Introduction: Contesting Equilibria: Martha C. Nussbaum Versus John Rawls,rds or rules; reflection is paramount in resolving moral conundrums. Nussbaum’s notion does not depend on the measurement of moral choices against philosophical standards; perception is paramount in resolving moral conundrums. This chapter leaves the choice between these approaches open.

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Kantian Dignity,usly not attended” (Richard Rorty xvi). While Nussbaum’s attempt to conciliate literary theory and ethical theory founders on the writerly attributes of James’s literature, Wright offers a readerly alternative by which to forge such consilience.

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Philosophical Literature,ogical and an expectational side to Kant’s dignitarian imperative: affirming not only the libertarian rights of individuals and collectives but also individual and collective duties toward the freedom and well-being of others. Analyzing “Big Boy Leaves Home” from . confirms this conclusion.

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Trolley Problems,mployed by literary theorists, but trolley problems, to which philosopher Philippa Foot gave birth in “The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect,” have not, as the remainder of this chapter explores.

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Lifeboats,s and to the study of Wright’s corpus. Thereafter, aligning Mann’s lifeboat dilemmas when trying to save his family from the flood in “Down by the Riverside” with Parfit’s . is not only apt but also revealing.

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,Richard Wright’s Travails of Mann,e a stunningly rational vision. This clarity of insight elicits self-effacing wisdom. Mann dies on his own terms: at worst, his self-effacement does not equate to self-defeat; at best, his self-effacement equates to self-actualization.