Disorientation and moral life /
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, a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Studies in feminist philosophy.
Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online) |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190277420 0190277424 9780190277413 0190277416 |