Walker
Naturalism and Liberation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8902896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harris Harris (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-93 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-1774 • E-ISSN: 1558-9587 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.49.1.93 |
| OpenAlex | W3142119777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Whether or not there is a natural inclination to want freedom, and whether or not slaves (modern or ancient) are living in violation of such a natural inclination has been debated by scholars for centuries. David Walker’s APPEAL provides a starting point for an argument that settles the issue: given my interpretation of Walker’s naturalism and his approach to existential agency, slaves have a duty to insurrect even if there is no empirical evidence that a natural inclination exists. And they have this duty even if they are likely to fail. Neither instrumentalist nor consequentialist reasoning provide a slave compelling reasons to rebel; all consequences of rebellion are almost certain to be deleterious and it is not unreasonable for persons to be subservient under conditions of slavery. I depict, and use Walker’s depiction of, slavery to defend his approach to naturalism and liberation; an approach arguably beneficial to how we should see contemporary slavery
Agency (philosophy · Appeal · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Depiction · Duty · Epistemology · Instrumentalism · Interpretation (philosophy · Natural (archaeology · Naturalism · Political science · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |