Burmanföreläsningarna 2026. 1: Basic and Non-Basic Responsibility: Against Unification
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Tisdag 19 maj, 2026kl. 13:15 - 15:00
HUM.H.119
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier bjuder in till de årliga Burmanföreläsningarna i filosofi. Årets gästföreläsare är Carolina Sartorio, Rutgers University, som ger tre öppna föreläsningar under tre dagar på temat ansvar för konsekvenser (Responsibility for Consequences).
Föreläsning 1: Basic and Non-Basic Responsibility: Against Unification
Tisdag 19 maj kl. 13.15-15.00, HUM.H.119
Abstract (på engelska)
Unlike the basic kind of responsibility, the non-basic kind (responsibility for consequences, or “out in the world” things) is a form of moral responsibility that is inherited from something else. Should we still expect these two forms of responsibility to be unified in some significant way? Is unification a virtue of a theory of responsibility? Some have thought so. I first argue against unification. I then draw consequences for debates about the relevance of alternative possibilities to moral responsibility.