?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Moral+Equality+and+Natural+Inferiority&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+Laurence&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=This+essay+is+a+commentary+upon+%22Race+and+Kant%22+by+Thomas+Hill%2C+Jr+and+Bernard+Boxill.+They+argue+that+although+Kant+in+his+anthropological+writings+took+blacks+to+be+inferior%2C+his+moral+theory+requires+that+they+be+shown+the+proper+moral+respect+since+blacks+are+persons+nonetheless.++%0A%0AI+argue+that+this+argument+is+sound%2C+because+the+conception+of+inferiority+that+Kant+attributed+to+blacks+does+not+permit+showing+them+the+proper+moral+respect.++Imagine+a+defective+Mercedes+Benz+and+a+Ford+Pinto.+These+two+cars+are+not+inferior+in+the+same+sort+of+way.++For+Kant%2C+I+argue%2C+the+inferiority+of+blacks+is+more+akin+to+that+of+a+Ford+Pinto%3B+for+he+undoubtedly+took+blacks+to+be+perpetual+children.++Chilren+are+persons%2C+too%3B+however%2C+no+one+has+ever+supposed+that+moral+theory+applies+to+children+in+the+full+way+that+it+applies+to+adults.++&rft.date=2004-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4011%2F1%2FNat_Equality.pdf&rft.identifier=++Thomas%2C+Laurence++(2004)+Moral+Equality+and+Natural+Inferiority.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4011%2F