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Oppression and responsibility : a Wittgensteinian approach to social practices and moral theory /

Combating homophobia, racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination and violence in our society requires more than just focusing on the overt acts of prejudiced and abusive individuals. The very intelligibility of such acts, in fact, depends upon a background of shared beliefs, attitudes, and be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Connor, Peg, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Why Wittgenstein?
  • The Necessity of Practices and Backgrounds
  • The Stability of Rationality
  • Conspiracies and Connect the Dots: The Search for Motive in the Church Burnings
  • The Meaning of Assaultive Speech: Its Harmful Uses
  • Moving to New Boroughs: Transforming the World by Inventing Language Games
  • Lesbian Barroom Brawls: Racial Integration in the 1950s
  • If Everybody's Responsible, Then Nobody Is
  • Postscript: Contra Determinism and Fatalism.