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Laudato Si, Marx, And A Human Motivation For Addressing Climate Change, Timothy A. Weidel
Laudato Si, Marx, And A Human Motivation For Addressing Climate Change, Timothy A. Weidel
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In the face of climate change, moral motivation is central: why should individuals feel compelled to act to combat this problem? Justice-based responses miss two morally salient issues: that the key ethical relationship is between us and the environment, and there is something in it for us to act to aid our environment. In support of this thesis there are two seemingly disparate sources: Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si and the early Marx’s account of human essence as species-being. Francis argues we must see nature as an “other” with whom we have a relationship, rather than dominating nature. Marx considers …
Comparative Pride, Christopher Morgan-Knapp
Comparative Pride, Christopher Morgan-Knapp
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Comparative pride – that is, pride in how one compares to others in some respect – is often thought to be warranted. In this paper, I argue that this common position is mistaken. The paper begins with an analysis of how things seem when a person feels pride. Pride, I claim, presents some aspect of the self with which one identifies as being worthy. Moreover, in some cases, it presents this aspect of the self as something one is responsible for. I then go on to argue that when the focus of one’s pride is comparative, things are never as …
The Legacy Of A 'Living Library': The Transatlantic Reception Of John Smith, Derek A. Michaud
The Legacy Of A 'Living Library': The Transatlantic Reception Of John Smith, Derek A. Michaud
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From Sensorimotor Dependencies To Perceptual Practices: Making Enactivism Social, Alejandro Arango
From Sensorimotor Dependencies To Perceptual Practices: Making Enactivism Social, Alejandro Arango
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Proponents of enactivism should be interested in exploring what notion of action best captures the type of action–perception link that the view proposes, such that it covers all the aspects in which our doings constitute and are constituted by our perceiving. This article proposes and defends the thesis that the notion of sensorimotor dependencies is insufficient to account for the reality of human perception and that the central enactive notion should be that of perceptual practices. Sensorimotor enactivism is insufficient because it has no traction on socially dependent perceptions (SDPs), which are essential to the role and significance of …