How do moral concepts, such as racism, take on an authority over our thinking that they did not have before? In this fascinating study, Matthew Congdon strikes an illuminating balance of a kind of realism about the object of the concept with an account of how that concept nonetheless has a historical context in which it is grasped. This rich and sophisticated treatment takes our understanding to a new level, which will doubtless have a significant influence on how to
characterise our moral thinking and its development over time.
Matthew Congdon is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His work has appeared in The Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, The European Journal of Philosophy, Episteme, and Philosophical Topics, among another publications.
