Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series - Dr. Nigel DeSouza
4:00 PM 鈥� 6:00 PM
The Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series presents
Dr. Nigel DeSouza (University of Ottawa)
鈥淧re-reflective ethical know-how鈥�
鈥淧re-reflective ethical know-how鈥� is the central concept in my research project into how human beings become ethical agents. It was developed through a critical engagement with Hubert Dreyfus鈥� writings on the phenomenology of expertise as applied to ethics, in which he speaks of 鈥渆veryday ongoing ethical coping鈥� and 鈥渆thical expertise鈥�. I contend that pre-reflective ethical know-how develops in individuals first and is proto-conceptual in nature, and that all later forms of ethical expertise, as well as our reflective ethical concepts, are dependent on it. I will aim to present this nascent project (aspects of which have been previously published) and where I am at now in my conception of it.
THURSDAY, October 26th, 2017
WATSON HALL, ROOM 517 @ 4:00 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
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