#  Harvard Review of Philosophy Annual Lecture: Dale Jamieson (NYU) 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 5, 2018** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Emerson 305**  



 

 



 

**Dale Jamieson** (NYU) will present the annual Harvard Review of Philosophy Lecture on Monday, March 5th in Emerson Hall Room 305. A reception in Robbins Library will follow.  
  
Abstract: It is now widely accepted that humans and non-humans are continuous with respect to sentience and other properties that may be regarded as sufficient for moral concern. To suppose otherwise is sometimes derided as requiring *Homo Sapiens* to have a moral immaculate conception that is scarcely believable. Yet, the idea that agency appeared in *Homo Sapiens* by something like immaculate conception still seems to be a prevailing view. Many of those who endorse strong continuity views with respect to sentience seem to think that humans are unique with respect to agency. In this lecture I will distinguish several conceptions of agency and their moral relevance, and argue that on the most usable conceptions, continuity prevails in this domain as well. As a result, the problems of animal ethics are even more intellectually challenging and practically urgent than we might have thought. 

 

 



 

 

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