Cesar Chavez and the Ethics of Exemplarity
In recent years, Cesar Chavez's life and legacy have been subjected to increased scrutiny. The ensuing reevaluations of Chavez, wittingly or not, are matters of ethical, as well as historical and biographical, concern. This article has two aims. First, it reconstructs Chavez's account of e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 601-625 |
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Chávez, César 1927-1993
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NCB Personal ethics NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics |
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Cesar Chavez
B Gandhi B Fasting B picketing B Exemplarity B United Farm Workers B Sacrifice |
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| Summary: | In recent years, Cesar Chavez's life and legacy have been subjected to increased scrutiny. The ensuing reevaluations of Chavez, wittingly or not, are matters of ethical, as well as historical and biographical, concern. This article has two aims. First, it reconstructs Chavez's account of exemplarity and uses it to assess his legacy. Second, it provides an account of exemplarity situated within social practices. As I argue, exemplarity operates through social practices, rather than mystically as posited by a contagion model. The end result is an ethically nuanced reassessment of Chavez and an account of exemplarity that includes its social dimension. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12280 |