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HomeUpcoming EventsMSPT Seminar - David Bakhurst (Queens) - Practice, Sensibiligy and Moral Education
MSPT Seminar - David Bakhurst (Queens) - Practice, Sensibiligy and Moral Education

This paper considers the style of moral philosophy that emerged in the mid-1970s in the writings of John McDowell and David Wiggins and examines its implications for moral education.  After characterizing the position, I examine whether it broadens or narrows the horizons of moral philosophy.  Though McDowell's notorious quietism might suggest the latter, I argue that Wiggins offers a more expansive vision.  I then explore how the view might be developed - drawing, for example, on the work of Jonathan Dancy and Alice Crary - before turning to a discussion of moral education informed by Iris Murdoch's conception of the cultivation of moral vision.  The outcome, I hope, exemplifies the "meet" between philosophical reflection and moral life to which Wiggins aspires.

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  • Mon 18 Jun 2018, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

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Seminar Room A, Coombs Building, ANU, ACTON ACT 2601

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  • David Bakhurst (Queens)

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