Moral testimony, moral understanding and moral education
Roger Marples relates testimony's problematic status to moral reasons.
Moral testimony, moral understanding and moral education
29 Jan 2025, 17:30 – 19:15
After a critical appraisal of epistemic reasons for the alleged asymmetry between moral and non-moral testimony, Roger relates testimony's problematic status to moral reasons including the value of understanding, aretaic considerations relating to character and virtue, together with autonomy and authenticity.
He will discuss how emotions are shown to have a crucial role in moral understanding and moral education, the concern of which should be with moral inquiry as opposed to exhortation. He will conclude with a brief account of emotional education and the role of the arts in this endeavour.
This event will be particularly useful for teachers, researchers and policymakers interested in moral education and the role of emotion in moral understanding.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online. To attend online, please email Yuxin Su: stnvysu@ucl.ac.uk.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Education. These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern.
All are welcome to attend.
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Dr Roger Marples
Academic, teacher and author
He taught for 10 years in primary, secondary, and schools for those with emotional and behaviour problems, after which he joined the Department of Education at the University of Roehampton where he taught for 40 years.
His research interests are in ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics.
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes
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