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SUMMARY:Harvard Review of Philosophy Annual Lecture: Dale Jamieson (NYU)
DESCRIPTION:<strong>Dale Jamieson</strong> (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.<br><br>Abstract:  <span><span>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 <em>Homo Sapiens</em> to have a moral immaculate conception that is scarcely believable. Yet, the idea that agency appeared in <em>Homo Sapiens </em>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. </span></span>
LOCATION:Emerson 305
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