[SydPhil] Catriona Mackenzie at UNSW Philosophy Seminar | Tuesday 27 May | 12:30 - 2:00pm | Morven Brown 310, UNSW

Tue May 20 15:09:38 AEST 2014

Subject: Philosophy Seminar | Tuesday 27 May | 12:30 - 2:00pm | Morven Brown 310, UNSW

Philosophy Seminar

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Tuesday 27 May | 12:30 - 2:00pm | Morven Brown 310, UNSW

You are invited to a Philosophy Seminar from the School of Humanities & Languages, a presentation by Catriona Mackenzie, Macquarie University

“Responding to the Agency Dilemma: Autonomy, Adaptive Preferences and Internalised Oppression.”

Abstract: Feminist efforts to theorise the impact of social oppression on autonomy must negotiate what Serene Khader refers to as the “agency dilemma”. This is the challenge of recognising and analysing the vulnerabilities of persons subject to social oppression or deprivation, while also acknowledging and respecting their agency.  Relational theories of autonomy have been criticised for failing adequately to respond to this challenge and for opening the door to objectionably paternalistic and coercive forms of intervention in the lives of oppressed agents.  In this paper I respond to an important variant of this criticism, as articulated by Khader in her book Adaptive Preferences and Women’s Empowerment. I seek to show that although Khader’s criticisms should be taken seriously, her argument is mistaken insofar as it equates autonomy with choice and instrumental rationality. Moreover an adequately nuanced relational theory of autonomy can meet the challenge of the agency dilemma.

Bio: Catriona Mackenzie is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics.  She has published extensively in moral psychology, social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and applied ethics.  Mackenzie served on the Humanities and Creative Arts Panel of the ARC College (2010-2012), and is currently Associate Dean for research in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University.

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Date: 27 May, 2014
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Morven Brown 310 UNSW Kensington
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Registration: Not Required
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Contact:
e: m.merritt at unsw.edu.au<mailto:m.merritt at unsw.edu.au>
t: (02) 9385 2764

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