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Ethical Attention and the Self in Iris Murdoch and Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Authors: Fredriksson Antony | Panizza Silvia
Year: 2020
Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku
Name of source: Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
Publisher name: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Place: Abingdon
Page from-to: 24-39
Titles:
Language Name Abstract Keywords
cze Ethical Attention and the Self in Iris Murdoch and Maurice Merleau-Ponty As attention, in philosophy, is mainly discussed in the philosophy of mind, its ethical aspects have remained relatively unexplored. One notable exception is Iris Murdoch. Another philosopher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considers attention to be central for his phenomenology of perception, with important ethical implications. This paper explores the role of attention in ethics by drawing on both Murdoch and Merleau-Ponty and uses the resources they variously offer to address two questions relating to the enigmatic role of the self in attention: how should we understand agency in the attending subject? And: to what extent is the subject responsible for the quality of her attention? Addressing these difficulties about the self is the key to articulating its ethical value, as well as the main apparent difference between the ethical concept and the one in ordinary language and philosophy of mind. Etika; Iris Murdoch; Maurice Merleau-Ponty
eng Ethical Attention and the Self in Iris Murdoch and Maurice Merleau-Ponty As attention, in philosophy, is mainly discussed in the philosophy of mind, its ethical aspects have remained relatively unexplored. One notable exception is Iris Murdoch. Another philosopher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, considers attention to be central for his phenomenology of perception, with important ethical implications. This paper explores the role of attention in ethics by drawing on both Murdoch and Merleau-Ponty and uses the resources they variously offer to address two questions relating to the enigmatic role of the self in attention: how should we understand agency in the attending subject? And: to what extent is the subject responsible for the quality of her attention? Addressing these difficulties about the self is the key to articulating its ethical value, as well as the main apparent difference between the ethical concept and the one in ordinary language and philosophy of mind. Attention; ethics; Iris Murdoch; Maurice Merleau-Ponty; the self

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