[SydPhil] Invitation: USyd Postgrad Work in Progress Talk: Tama Coutts @ Tue 28 May 2013 15:00 - 16:30 (sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au)

[Simon Varey]

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Title: USyd Postgrad Work in Progress Talk: Tama Coutts
USyd Postgrad Work in Progress Talk: Tama Coutts

Title: The Commitments of 'Reason'

Sometimes I say that I reject morality; this talk is an attempt to make  
precise what I mean when I say this. It is a certain conception of  
objectivity that I reject. Setting aside whatever norms are required to be  
a thinker at all, I think that all normativity arises out of shared  
practices, forms of life or whatever favoured theoretical terms one  
prefers. It must be, then, that there cannot be norms with the kind of  
universal grip ("'shoulds' that call to every ear") that many philosophers  
believe there are. (Even if this is only because of the contingent fact  
that there is no practice of the right kind shared by all rational beings.)  
Nonetheless people (especially the mentioned philosophers) continue to  
insist that sometimes a person has a reason to do something, no matter  
which desires that person has. This is something I believe too. I will  
outline three different kinds of thing one might be doing in saying that  
someone has a reason to do something. It turns out that these three kinds  
of thing are well known positions from the literature, with prominent  
figures defending each of them. I will mention, en passant, which of the  
views is mine (an essentially Blackburnian view) and hopefully have time to  
engage with one of the two views I reject by arguing against Michael Smith.
When: Tue 28 May 2013 15:00 – 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: Philosophy Common Room, Main Quad, University of Sydney
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