Nathan Luis Cartagena, “Mercy’s Impediments: Thomas Aquinas and Critical Race Theory in Dialogue,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 1–2 (2023): 709–48, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_1_0709.
| Item Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Nathan Luis Cartagena |
| Abstract | This paper raises an uncommon question: What can studying Thomas Aquinas and Critical Race Theory teach us about failures to promote mercy across the color-line? I answer this question in five stages. After locating Thomas’s teachings on mercy and its impediments within his masterwork, the Summa theologiae, I excavate Thomas’s account of mercy’s impediments. Next, I address the question “What is CRT?” Then I examine a foundational CRT text’s analysis of mercy’s impediments. Lastly, I offer a proposal for further Thomas-CRT collaborations. |
| Date | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Rights | © 2023 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
| Volume | 79 |
| Pages | 709-748 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2023_79_1_0709 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 ; 2183-461X |
| Date Added | 31/07/2023, 7:22:07 PM |
| Modified | 31/07/2023, 9:47:51 PM |
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