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Title: PG WIP: Andrew Donnelly
USYD Philosophy Postgraduate Work-in-Progress Seminar
Andrew Donnelly: "The Spunk of a Rabbit: Huck, Sympathy and Conscience"
ABSTRACT: I argue that emotions are necessarily involved in judgements of
conscience though they are not necessarily involved in bare moral
judgement. In this paper I will address a ‘Huckleberry Finn’ objection to
this claim. Huckleberry Finn appeared to believe that right action involved
offering a slave up for capture to slave-hunters. Yet when push came to
shove, he couldn’t do what he believed he ought to do. In Huck’s own words,
he ‘hadn’t the spunk of a rabbit’. Jonathan Bennett argues that in this
situation Huck is acting in contravention of a judgement of conscience,
though it is a judgement which has no clear emotional component and leaves
Huck unmoved. I will offer reasons why Bennett’s analysis is wrong – Huck
was not making a judgement of conscience when he believed that he ought to
nark.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
If you would like to present or require further information, please contact
Nick Malpas at [email protected]
The format is 30 minutes for presentations followed by 1 hour of
discussion. Since the primary aim of this seminar is to generate
discussion, presentations need not be particularly polished or formal.
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When: Mon Mar 28 3:30pm – 5pm Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: Philosophy Common Room (University of Sydney)
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