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Kantian dignity and trolley problems in the literature of Richard Wright

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Kantian dignity and trolley problems in the literature of Richard Wright/ by Michael Wainwright.
Author:	Wainwright, Michael.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2024.,
Description:	xi, 228 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Chapter 1 Introduction: Contesting Equilibria: Nussbaum versus Rawls -- Chapter 2 Kantian Dignity -- Chapter 3 Philosophical Literature -- Chapter 4 Trolley Problems -- Chapter 5 Lifeboats -- Chapter 6 Richard Wright's Travails of Mann -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Be Reasonable.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Fiction Literature. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40216-6
ISBN:	9783031402166

Kantian dignity and trolley problems in the literature of Richard Wright
Wainwright, Michael.

Kantian dignity and trolley problems in the literature of Richard Wright[electronic resource] /by Michael Wainwright. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2024. - xi, 228 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - American literature readings in the 21st century,2634-5803. - American literature readings in the 21st century..

Chapter 1 Introduction: Contesting Equilibria: Nussbaum versus Rawls -- Chapter 2 Kantian Dignity -- Chapter 3 Philosophical Literature -- Chapter 4 Trolley Problems -- Chapter 5 Lifeboats -- Chapter 6 Richard Wright's Travails of Mann -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Be Reasonable.

This 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 minoritarian exponent of philosophical literature. In presenting this argument, the volume defends trolley problems from the criticism that some philosophers level against them by promoting their use as an interpretive tool for literary scholars. Starting with Martha C. Nussbaum's interventions in literary theory concerning Henry James and perceptive equilibrium, this 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. Michael Wainwright is Honorary Research Associate at the University of London, UK. He is the author of numerous books, including most recently Faulkner's Ethics: An Intense Struggle (2021), The Rational Shakespeare: Peter Ramus, Edward de Vere, and the Question of Authorship (2018), and Game Theory and Postwar American Literature (2016), all published by Palgrave.

ISBN: 9783031402166

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-40216-6doiSubjects--Personal Names:

618294
Wright, Richard,
1908-1960--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

3538732
Fiction Literature.

LC Class. No.: PS3545.R815

Dewey Class. No.: 813.52

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