03887nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-40216-6 DE-He213 20251030110826.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231027s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031402166 978-3-031-40216-6 10.1007/978-3-031-40216-6 doi PN3311-3503 F bicssc FIC000000 bisacsh F thema Wainwright, Michael. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 66798 Kantian Dignity and Trolley Problems in the Literature of Richard Wright [electronic resource] / by Michael Wainwright. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 228 p. 4 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda American Literature Readings in the 21st Century, 2634-5803 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. Fiction. Creative nonfiction. Literature, Modern 20th century. America Literatures. 66799 Literature Philosophy. 66322 Ethics. 58934 Fiction Literature. Non-Fiction Literature. Twentieth-Century Literature. North American Literature. 66800 Literary Theory. 61787 Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 66410 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031402159 Printed edition: 9783031402173 Printed edition: 9783031402180 American Literature Readings in the 21st Century, 2634-5803 66801 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40216-6 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 56454 56454