Wednesday, October 31, 2007

A fundamental philosophical question about culture and value

From "We Who are Dark," a work on Black solidarity by Harvard Professor Tommie Shelby:

Should a person value the elements of a culture because they are intrinsically or instrumentally valuable; or rather, should she value them because they are components of her culture--that is, because she is black and because these elements are part of a black culture?

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