Virtue and Moral Reasoning Under Oppressive Social Condition
VIRTUE AND MORAL REASONING UNDER
OPPRESSIVE SOCIAL CONDITIONS
TOPIC
We shall discuss questions such as: How can ideals of complete virtue or rationality be relevant for non-ideal agents in non-ideal social circumstances? What does it mean for oppressed people to be virtuous and rational? How do social structures make it difficult to become virtuous or rational? Are virtues or rationality relative to social and political contexts? Are some virtues essentially geared towards non-ideal social relations? What role should moral advice, testimony and consciousness-raising play in situations of oppression? How should we reason together about policies when our practical rationality is impaired
KEYNOTES: Charlotte Witt (U New Hampshire), Eric Wiland (U Missouri, St. Louis), Elijah Millgram (U Utah), and Macalester Bell (Bryn Mawr College)