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FC Talk: Sarah McGrath

January 14 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Join us for an engaging talk by Sarah McGrath. This event will take place in Social Sciences 224 from 12:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and participate in a stimulating discussion!

Dr. McGrath may be contacted at smcgrath@princeton.edu and is currently found in the Visiting Fellow Office, Social Sciences 239B. Please feel free to reach out to her with interest to meet!

What (If Anything)
is Moral Experience?

Bio

Sarah McGrath received an M.A. in philosophy from Tufts University in 1997 and a Ph.D. in philosophy from M.I.T. in 2002. She joined the Princeton faculty in Fall 2007, after being an assistant professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, from 2002-2005, and at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, from 2005-2007. Her primary areas of interest are metaphysics and ethics; recent publications include “Moral Disagreement”, forthcoming in Russ Schafer-Landau, ed., Oxford Studies in Metaethics; “Causation by Omission” (2005) in Philosophical Studies; and “Moral Knowledge by Perception” (2004) in Philosophical Perspectives.

 

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Abstract

“Moral experience” is not a familiar pre-theoretical term. We understand, “I have a lot of babysitting experience” and “how did you enjoy your dining experience?” but not: “I have a lot of moral experience,” and “how did you enjoy your moral experience?” Nor is “moral experience” a familiar post-theoretical term. Whereas philosophers largely agree on what they mean by “perceptual experience”, “visual experience,” “illusory experience,” they have yet to converge on a shared theoretical understanding of “moral experience.” In this talk I sort things out by providing an improved job description for moral experience, and making a suggestion as to which conception of moral experience can best do the job.

Details

Date:
January 14
Time:
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Venue

Social Sciences 224
1145 E South Campus Drive
Tucson, AZ 85721 United States
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