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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is Ulrik Nissen, (Aarhus University, Denmark)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The title of the talk is “The Responsiveness of Nature. A Phenomenological Approach to the Responsibility for the “More-Than-Human-Nature””. Here is an abstract for the talk:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">The concept of responsibility is inherently responsive and relational. It places us in a moral demand before the other, to whom we are morally obliged to respond. In responding to the other,
we do so in two ways: <i>firstly</i>, through the act of 'living with' and 'being with' the other; and
<i>secondly</i>, through a moral reflection on what we ought to do. This presentation argues that it is from the responsive encounter with the "more-than-human" other that the imperative of responsibility arises for the flourishing of the common good of all
living beings. The following questions are therefore addressed: How can we listen to the more-than-human world and enable its participation? How can we interact? The approach will be phenomenological, with the argument being made that the "being with the other"
is a pre-existing condition. Even before we are aware of it, we are immersed in the phenomenon of life. This phenomenon of life encompasses the "more-than-human" world and, as the presentation argues, also gives rise to a moral obligation. As human beings,
we are bound to the "more-than-human" other, and thus called to listen to and respond with appropriate responsibility. The presentation falls in three parts. In the
<i>first</i> part we turn to relatively recent philosophical approaches regarding the relation between responsiveness and responsibility. The
<i>second</i> section turns to the Danish philosopher and theologian, K.E. Løgstrup, for his understanding of the senses in relation to the universe as he calls it. The
<i>third</i> part returns to the question of responsiveness with the aim to argue for the link between responsiveness and responsibility and to argue that this entails a call for responsibility to the “more-than-human-nature”.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday Oct 16 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox@sydney.edu.au<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ryan Cox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate Lecturer in Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Discipline of Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">School of Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">University of Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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