Dialogisen kerronnan jäljillä

Hanna Meretojan kirja The Ethics of Storytelling (Oxford 2018) ammentaa hermeneuttisesta perinteestä aineksia kirjallisuutieteelliseen näkökulmaan, joka valottaa kerronnan rooleja meidän jokapäiväisessä elämässämme ja pyrkii myös tarjoamaan kriittisen välineistön, jonka avulla voimme ymmärtää ja kritisoida aikamme kerronnallisia käytäntöjä ja kertomusmalleja. Tämä teksti tarkastelee Meretojan argumentin pääpiirteitä ja sijoittaa hänen työnsä laajempaan nykyaikaisen eettisen ajattelun kontekstiin

Three Metaphors toward a Conception of Moral Change

Contemporary moral philosophy is split between an inherently a-historical moral philosophy/theory on the one hand and a growing interest in moral history and the historicity of morality on the other. In between these, the very moments of moral change (and their implications for the possibility of moral realism and moral objectivity) are often left insufficiently attended to and under-theorized. Yet moral change is, arguably, one of the defining features of present day moral frameworks, and thus one of the main things we need to make sense of in moral philosophy. In this paper, I present an account of moral change through the use of three metaphors: the tipping point, the bargaining table and the strong rope. I suggest these as coordinates for the development of a full-blown, historically sensitive conception of morality

IT on teaching and learning process of visually impaired students

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Galilei, Jumala tai joku vastaava : Filosofin osa

Ilmestynyt alun perin teoksessa Tankens utåtvändhet – Georg Henrik von Wright som en intellektuell (2016), suomentanut Timo Soukola.Peer reviewe

A Literary Turn : Rethinking the Roles of Generalization and Theory in Anglo-American Moral Philosophy

This work investigates the role of narrative literature in late-20th century and contemporary Anglo-American moral philosophy. It aims to show the trend of reading narrative literature for purposes of moral philosophy from the 1970 s and early 80 s to the present day as a part of a larger movement in Anglo-American moral philosophy, and to present a view of its significance for moral philosophy overall. Chapter 1 provides some preliminaries concerning the view of narrative literature which my discussion builds on. In chapter 2 I give an outline of how narrative literature is considered in contemporary Anglo-American moral philosophy, and connect this use to the broad trend of neo-Aristotelian ethics in this context. In chapter 3 I connect the use of literature to the idea of the non-generalizability of moral perception and judgment, which is central to the neo-Aristotelian trend, as well as to a range of moral particularisms and anti-theoretical positions of late 20th century and contemporary ethics. The joint task of chapters 2 and 3 is to situate the trend of reading narrative literature for the purposes of moral philosophy in the present context of moral philosophy. In the following two chapters, 4 and 5, I move on from the particularizing power of narrative literature, which is emphasized by neo-Aristotelians and particularists alike, to a broader under-standing of the intellectual potential of narrative literature. In chapter 4 I argue that narrative literature has its own forms of generalization which are enriching for our understanding of the workings of ethical generalizations in philosophy. In chapter 5 I discuss Iris Murdoch s and Martha Nussbaum s respective ways of combining ethical generality and particularity in a philosophical framework where both systematic moral theory and narrative literature are taken seriously. In chapter 6 I analyse the controversy between contemporary anti-theoretical conceptions of ethics and Nussbaum s refutation of these. I present my suggestion for how the significance of the ethics/literature discussion for moral philosophy can be understood if one wants to overcome the limitations of both Nussbaum s theory-centred, equilibrium-seeking perspective, and the anti-theorists repudiation of theory. I call my position the inclusive approach .Denna avhandling är en undersökning av den berättande litteraturens roll i angloamerikansk moralfilosofi från sent 1900-tal till idag. Den syftar till att belysa det nyfunna intresset för att läsa skönlitteratur för moralfilosofiska syften från sent 70-tal till idag som en del av en större rörelse inom den angloamerikanska moralfilosofin, samt att presentera en syn på litteraturens betydelse för moralfilosofin överlag. Kapitel 1 utgör en inledning till den syn på berättande litteratur som min efterföljande diskussion bygger på. I kapitel 2 ger jag en översikt av hur berättande litteratur används inom den angloamerikanska moralfilosofin, och kopplar detta bruk till den samtida nyaristoteliska etiken. I kapitel 3 länkar jag bruket av skönlitteratur till idén att det moraliska omdömet och den moraliska perceptionen inte fullt låter sig inordnas under generaliseringar, vilket är en ledande tanke för både nyaristoteliker och partikularister inom den samtida moralfilosofin. Kapitel 2 och 3 syftar till att ge en lägesbeskrivning av detta intresse för skönlitteratur i dagens angloamerikanska moralfilosofi, ett intresse som i hög grad har kretsat kring litteraturens förmåga att belysa det enskilda eller partikulära. I de två följande kapitlen, 4 och 5, utvidgas perspektivet till en bredare förståelse av litteraturens intellektuella potential. I kapitel 4 argumenterar jag för att den berättande litteraturen har medel för att framföra generaliserande idéer som bör ses som berikande för vår förståelse av moralfilosofins typiska sätt att generalisera. I kapitel 5 diskuterar jag Iris Murdochs och Martha Nussbaums sätt att kombinera generalitet och partikularitet i en moralfilosofisk ram där både systematisk moralteori och berättande litteratur tas på allvar. I kapitel 6 analyserar jag motsättningen mellan den antiteoretiska infallsvinkeln i nutida etik och Nussbaums tillbakavisande av denna. Jag presenterar min egen syn på hur den samtida etik/litteraturdiskussionens betydelse kan förstås om man vill övervinna de begränsningar som både Nussbaums teoricentrerade synvinkel och antiteoretikernas förkastande av teori är behäftade med

Sara Lidman's secular reading of original sin

This paper takes a plunge into the novelistic universe of Swedish writer Sara Lidman's epic of modernity in the novel suite The Railway, focusing on her secular reinterpretation of original sin and the fall, and her rendering of the fundamental agonism of human existence, set in a frame of social change, liberal hope, and voracious capitalism. It considers Lidman's thinking as a suggestion for the kind of new conception of original sin that Iris Murdoch called for.This paper takes a plunge into the novelistic universe of Swedish writer Sara Lidman's epic of modernity in the novel suite The Railway, focusing on her secular reinterpretation of original sin and the fall, and her rendering of the fundamental agonism of human existence, set in a frame of social change, liberal hope, and voracious capitalism. It considers Lidman's thinking as a suggestion for the kind of new conception of original sin that Iris Murdoch called for

Contextuality, Bioethics, and the Nature of Philosophy: Reflections on Murdoch, Diamond, Walker, and the Groningen Approach

Beginning with Barry Hoffmaster's charge that we reclaim bioethics from the moral philosopher's top-down theorizing, I discuss two moral philosophy contexts that offer resources for the kind of complex attention Hoffmaster demands: Iris Murdoch and Cora Diamond in moral philosophy and Margaret Urban Walker, Hilde Lindeman, and Marian Verkerk's joint take on bioethics. My aim is: 1) to dispel a simplified notion of philosophy in bioethics; 2) to unite two strands of philosophy, which converge on important issues relevant to contemporary bioethics; and 3) to explore these strands in terms of enabling, maieutic work on our ethical points of departure.Beginning with Barry Hoffmaster's charge that we reclaim bioethics from the moral philosopher's top-down theorizing, I discuss two moral philosophy contexts that offer resources for the kind of complex attention Hoffmaster demands: Iris Murdoch and Cora Diamond in moral philosophy and Margaret Urban Walker, Hilde Lindeman, and Marian Verkerk's joint take on bioethics. My aim is: 1) to dispel a simplified notion of philosophy in bioethics; 2) to unite two strands of philosophy, which converge on important issues relevant to contemporary bioethics; and 3) to explore these strands in terms of enabling, maieutic work on our ethical points of departure

Murdoch on learning and ethical formation in a changing world

In the past few years, we have seen emerging new work that focalizes the role of historical change and its moral implications in Iris Murdoch's philosophy. This paper strengthens this reading of her work and investigates the implications of this aspect of Murdoch's thinking for education in general and for moral education in particular. It resituates the Platonic imagery of the individual's ascent towards the true and the good in a frame where our conceptions of the true and the good are in a process of historical reconfiguration.In the past few years, we have seen emerging new work that focalizes the role of historical change and its moral implications in Iris Murdoch's philosophy. This paper strengthens this reading of her work and investigates the implications of this aspect of Murdoch's thinking for education in general and for moral education in particular. It resituates the Platonic imagery of the individual's ascent towards the true and the good in a frame where our conceptions of the true and the good are in a process of historical reconfiguration