St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: Shallow Cognizing for Self-Control over Emotion & Desire (hybrid talk)
Shallow cognizing is a familiar but overlooked practice of self-control, typically initiated without conscious intention, that enables us to short-circuit potential upwellings of emotion and desire in ourselves. We will consider the range of contexts in which the practice is manifest, speculate about its roots in the compartmentalized structure of our cognitive systems, ponder its benefits and costs (its uses and misuses), and contemplate its relation to virtue. We will then continue in this exploratory vein by asking whether taking account of this neglected phenomenon might improve our understanding of issues in practical ethics, such as duties of doctors to obtain informed consent from patients, and how to balance free expression with proper care for others’ sensibilities, in the classroom and perhaps elsewhere.

HYBRID – PLEASE JOIN IN-PERSON OR ON ZOOM, details on our webpage
Date: 26 January 2023, 17:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Speaker: Dr Lawrence Lengbeyer (United States Naval Academy)
Organising department: Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Organiser: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: rachel.gaminiratne@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Hazem Zohny (University of Oxford)
Part of: New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/event/ht23-st-cross-seminar-dr-larry-lengbeyer
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rachel Gaminiratne