Race, Romantic Attraction, and Dating

Here are two widely held positions on the ethics of dating: First, people are generally morally justified in excluding people they don't find attractive from their dating pool. Second, people are not justified in maintaining a dating pool that is racially exclusive, even on grounds like attract...

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Authors: Mitchell, Megan (Author) ; Wells, Mark (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2018]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2018, 卷: 21, 发布: 4, Pages: 945-961
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Social meaning
B Discrimination
B Romantic preferences
B Applied Ethics
B Race
B Dating
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总结:Here are two widely held positions on the ethics of dating: First, people are generally morally justified in excluding people they don't find attractive from their dating pool. Second, people are not justified in maintaining a dating pool that is racially exclusive, even on grounds like attraction. In this paper, we demonstrate how these positions are consistent. To do so we differentiate our attitudes in dating and our dating behavior. Then we show how existing criticisms of racialized attitudes in dating are incomplete as practical criticisms of our behavior. Finally, we give our account of the moral reasons whites have to change their dating preferences when they exclude people of color. In doing so, we supplement existing discussions of race-based discrimination in dating.
ISSN:1572-8447
Contains:Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10677-018-9936-0