Jeanette Kennett (Macquarie): Self-Control and Moral Security

Self-control is integral to successful human agency. But self-control requires external support. This paper explores the connections between social conditions, self-control, agency, and the self. Part one offers a taxonomy of self-control. Part two examines the external conditions that support successful agency and self-control, and argues that moral security is a critical foundation for agency. Moral security refers to the degree to which an agent believes that her welfare and her projects are valued by others and by her society. Part three explores how narratives about racism and poverty undermine moral security, and limit and distort the possibility of synchronic and diachronic self-control. Where moral security is undermined, the connection between self-control and diachronic goods often fails to obtain and agency contracts accordingly.

Date & time

Thu 07 Jun 2018, 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Location

Coombs Seminar Room A

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