Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self - Hardcover
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Unbecoming Persons: The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self - Hardcover
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by Ladelle McWhorter (Author)
A damning genealogy of modern personhood and a bold vision for a new ethics rooted in belonging rather than individuality.
In the face of ecological crisis, economic injustice, and political violence, the moral demands of being a good person are almost too much to bear. In Unbecoming Persons, Ladelle McWhorter argues that this strain is by design. Our ideas about personhood, she shows, emerged to sustain centuries of colonialism, slavery, and environmental destruction. We must look elsewhere to find our way out. This history raises a hard question: Should we be persons at all, or might we live a good life without the constraints of individualism or the illusion of autonomy? In seeking an answer, McWhorter pushes back on the notion of our own personhood--our obsession with identity, self-improvement, and salvation--in search of a better way to live together in this world. Although she finds no easy answers, McWhorter ultimately proposes a new ethics that rejects both self-interest and self-sacrifice and embraces perpetual dependence, community, and the EarthAuthor Biography
Ladelle McWhorter is the Stephanie Bennett-Smith Chair of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Emerita at the University of Richmond. Her books include Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America: A Genealogy.
Number of Pages: 282
Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: November 19, 2025
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