Disorientation and moral life [electronic resource] / Ami Harbin.
Harbin, Ami, author.
2016
BJ301 .H37 2016eb
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Title Disorientation and moral life [electronic resource] / Ami Harbin.
Author Harbin, Ami, author.
ISBN 9780190277420 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190277390
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 227 pages).
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190277390 doi
Call Number BJ301 .H37 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
Summary This text argues for the moral and political promise of disorientations, challenging common philosophical understandings of the necessity of orientedness for responsible moral action. In the face of difficult life experiences like trauma, grief, illness, migration, education, queer identification, and consciousness-raising, individuals can be deeply disoriented, struggling to know how to go on. These and other disorientations are not rare. The book draws on first-person accounts, philosophical texts, and qualitative and quantitative research to show that in some cases of disorientation, individuals gain new forms of awareness of political complexity and social norms, and new habits of relating to others and an unpredictable moral landscape. It then argues for the moral and political promise of these gains.
Note This text argues for the moral and political promise of disorientations, challenging common philosophical understandings of the necessity of orientedness for responsible moral action. In the face of difficult life experiences like trauma, grief, illness, migration, education, queer identification, and consciousness-raising, individuals can be deeply disoriented, struggling to know how to go on. These and other disorientations are not rare. The book draws on first-person accounts, philosophical texts, and qualitative and quantitative research to show that in some cases of disorientation, individuals gain new forms of awareness of political complexity and social norms, and new habits of relating to others and an unpredictable moral landscape. It then argues for the moral and political promise of these gains.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 26, 2016).
Series Studies in feminist philosophy.
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Preface: Life beyond what one has concepts for
Being disoriented
Moral motivation beyond moral resolve
What is disorientation in thinking?
Tenderizing effects and acting despite ourselves
Injustice and irresoluteness
Disorientation and habitability.

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