The moral perils of a superstrong black mother

Ethos

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-138

  Mattingly, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Illness; Morality; Mother child; Neo Aristotelian virtue ethics; Race; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896882296     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etho.12042     Document Type: Article

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