Abstract:

What does it mean to claim that "lives" should be the cornerstone of ethical analysis and reflection? This question has been raised by the Black Lives Matter movement. However, public discussions of the movement have often devolved into rhetorical battles that elide the movement's central moral claims. This paper investigates the question by examining the role of "lives" in the Black womanist ethical tradition and in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. I argue that these two traditions, despite their differences, can illuminate one another, and I explain and defend my position through a reading of Alice Walker's The Color Purple.

中文翻译：

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黑人的生命如何重要：爱丽丝·沃克、阿拉斯代尔·麦金泰尔以及表演叙事的道德意义

摘要：

主张“生命”应该成为伦理分析和反思的基石，这意味着什么？这个问题是由“黑人生命也是命”运动提出的。然而，对该运动的公开讨论常常演变成口水战，而忽视了该运动的核心道德主张。本文通过考察“生命”在黑人妇女主义伦理传统和新亚里士多德美德伦理中的作用来研究这个问题。我认为，这两种传统尽管存在差异，但可以相互阐明，并且我通过阅读爱丽丝·沃克的《紫色》来解释和捍卫我的立场。