Living unrest and excitement – Grammars of responsibility
Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen presents two different theoretical understandings of what we take responsibility for.
Living unrest and excitement – Grammars of responsibility
05 Mar 2025, 17:30 – 19:15
Today, we see the emergence of new disagreements about where to draw lines of individual moral responsibility, not only on specific responsibilities of individuals, but also on the criteria that decide such responsibilities. This event discusses a paper which is part of a book project on philosophical understanding of these conflicts and changes in questions of responsibility.
Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen presents two different theoretical understandings of what we take responsibility for, considering these theories as models of descriptions of the moral grammar of responsibility. This approach allows for a description of one such conflict in contemporary discussion on individual responsibility in the light of climate change.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in moral responsibility, virtual ethics, contextual ethics and philosophy of education in general.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online. To book your place, 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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Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen
Professor of Practical Philosophy
University of Southern Denmark
Her main fields of expertise are Wittgensteinian ethics, virtue ethics and professional ethics. She currently works on issues of contextual ethics and ethics in healthcare and is writing a monograph on changing practices of responsibility. She has written a book on contemporary virtue ethics and is the author of Moral Philosophy and Moral Life (Oxford UP 2020). She is currently Chair of the Centre for Philosophy and Ethics of Health, also at SDU.
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