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> [“An important ethical function of identity politics, in this context, is to highlight that obstacles to the self-development of individuals, and to the formation and exercise of their agency, emerge in complex cultural and psychic forms, as well as through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/an-important-ethical-function-of-identity-politics-in-this-context-is/)

Michael Kenny

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> [“The assumption that being gay or black necessarily harms the self-worth of all who fit this category has a patronizing dimension, because it neglects consideration of the agency that persons exercise in respect of imposed identity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/the-assumption-that-being-gay-or-black-necessarily-harms-the-self/)

Michael Kenny

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## More by Michael Kenny

> [In modern societies, some members of ethnic minority groups do not want to feel compelled to heed the voices of their communities when participating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/in-modern-societies-some-members-of-ethnic-minority-groups-do-not/)

Michael Kenny

> [“An important ethical function of identity politics, in this context, is to highlight that obstacles to the self-development of individuals, and to the formation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/an-important-ethical-function-of-identity-politics-in-this-context-is/)

Michael Kenny

> [“The assumption that being gay or black necessarily harms the self-worth of all who fit this category has a patronizing dimension, because it neglects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/the-assumption-that-being-gay-or-black-necessarily-harms-the-self/)

Michael Kenny

> [“The self is constituted within a variety of arenas and in relation to multiple traditions. Self-hood, on this understanding, is both provisional and open-ended,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-kenny/the-self-is-constituted-within-a-variety-of-arenas-and-in-relation-to/)

Michael Kenny

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