Dave Chappelle and Philosophy

Dave Chappelle’s life and career raise a wide range of philosophical questions about race, gender, the ethics of humor, the problems with cancel culture, and American politics and history. Chappelle says that as an artist his aim is to “reveal people to themselves,” and he insists on absolute artistic freedom for comedians. This makes many people uncomfortable, while others love it. Dave Chappelle and Philosophy treats it as an invitation to think about some of the most urgent moral and political questions of our time.