Moral Imagination
Moral imagination allows us to judge the right and wrong of actions apart from any benefit to ourselves. It has led to the nonviolent resistance of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln’s arguments against slavery, and many more ethical developments. Is this ability an innate individual strength or a socially conditioned habit? What can this topic tell us about the erosion of privacy in America or the use of euphemism to shade and anesthetize reactions to the global war on terror?
David Bromwich, author of Moral Imagination, is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University.
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065-7478
Continental breakfast served at 8:00 AM. Presentations begin at 8:15 AM, followed by a question-and-answer session from 8:45 to 9:15 AM.
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When: Tue., May. 13, 2014 at 8:00 am - 9:15 am
Moral imagination allows us to judge the right and wrong of actions apart from any benefit to ourselves. It has led to the nonviolent resistance of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln’s arguments against slavery, and many more ethical developments. Is this ability an innate individual strength or a socially conditioned habit? What can this topic tell us about the erosion of privacy in America or the use of euphemism to shade and anesthetize reactions to the global war on terror?
David Bromwich, author of Moral Imagination, is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University.
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065-7478
Continental breakfast served at 8:00 AM. Presentations begin at 8:15 AM, followed by a question-and-answer session from 8:45 to 9:15 AM.
RSVP on website.
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