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ERC Research Seminar (4): Responsibility for attitudes
2 February 2021, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM GMT
The fourth meeting of the project’s research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 2 February, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants.
The topic for this meeting is: Responsibility for attitudes
- Questions: Can I be morally responsible for my psychological states or attitudes, if they cannot be acquired voluntarily? What about my emotions and my character?
- Readings:
- Smith, Angela M. 2005. “Responsibility for Attitudes: Activity and Passivity in Mental Life.” Ethics 115: 236–71.
- Adams, Robert Merrihew. 1985 “Involuntary Sins.” The Philosophical Review 94 (1): 3–31.
For the schedule for the whole term, see this post.