The Place of Prejudice
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Adam Adatto Sandel | ISBN: | 9780674416239 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Adam Adatto Sandel |
| ISBN: | 9780674416239 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 17, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided.
We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided.
