XV —HOW TO DECIDE IF RACES EXIST

Author: Appiah, Kwame Anthony

Source: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 106, Number 3, May 2006 , pp. 363-380(18)

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Abstract:

Through most of the twentieth century, life scientists grew increasingly sceptical of the biological significance of folk classifications of people by race. New work on the human genome has raised the possibility of a resurgence of scientific interest in human races. This paper aims to show that the racial sceptics are right, while also granting that biological information associated with racial categories may be useful.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9264.2006.00202.x

Affiliations: 1: University Center for Human Values Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 USA, Email: kappiah@princeton.edu

Publication date: 2006-05-01