The resurgence in antiracist activism and education brought with it the need to better understand what racism is and how it operates in the production of racial injustice.
Prevailing theories understand racism as fundamentally structural, essentially cognitive, prioritizing political philosophical investigation over moral philosophical investigation. Such theories are useful within limits, but ultimately offer an inaccurate or incomplete view of racism.
Peebles will offer a virtue-based account of racism that:
- begins its genesis story with individuals, yet acknowledges and attends to the reality of institutional and structural racism;
- is essentially both cognitive and noncognitive, and;
- prioritizes moral philosophical investigation.
Throughout the session, he will apply his theory of racism to issues in healthcare to demonstrate its ability to accurately capture the relevant phenomena in that domain. In improving our understanding of racism, he aims to generate more targeted reform that effectively mitigates racism and promotes human and societal flourishing.
