Disorientation and moral life / Ami Harbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harbin, Ami, author.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Modern.

Act (Philosophy).

Orientation.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 227 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Disorientations are human experiences of losing one's bearings that can paralyze, overwhelm, embitter, and misdirect moral agents. In this philosophical exploration of disorientation and its significance for action, Ami Harbin demonstrates through a distinctly feminist perspective that in some cases of disorientation, individuals gain new forms of awareness of political complexity and social norms, and new habits of relating to others in an unpredictable moral landscape. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Being Disoriented 1

1.1 Contextualizing the Concept 3

1.2 Disorientation and Family Resemblance 13

1.3 Methodologies for Interpreting Disorientations and Their Effects 22

1.3.1 Claims about What Disorientations Are 24

1.3.2 Claims about What Disorientations Do 25

1.3.3 Implications of This Account for Moral Motivation and Agency 29

1.3.4 Implications of This Account for Understandings of Oppression 32

1.4 Conclusion 34

2 Moral Motivation beyond Moral Resolve 36

2.1 Identifying Moral Resolve 37

2.2 Legacies of Resolvism 42

2.2.1 Resolvism in Accounts of Moral Development 43

2.2.2 Resolvism in Accounts of Moral Judgment 44

2.2.3 Resolvism in Accounts of Moral Failure 49

2.2.4 Resolvism in Accounts of Moral Growth 50

2.3 The Disorientations of Grief 53

2.4 Contesting Resolvism 57

3 What Is Disorientation in Thinking? 65

3.1 Disorientations of Life under Racism 67

3.1.1 Double Consciousness and Awareness of Oppressive Norms 68

3.1.2 White Ambush and Awareness of Oppressive Norms 73

3.2 Disorientations of Learning about Oppression and Privilege 77

3.2.1 Consciousness-Raising and Awareness of Political Complexity 78

3.2.2 Critical Classrooms and Awareness of Political Complexity 83

3.3 The Power of Awareness without Moral Resolve 88

3.3.1 Prompting Epistemic Humility 91

3.3.2 Prompting Resistant Re-identification 93

3.3.3 Prompting Different Relations to Felt Power 95

3.4 Conclusion 95

4 Tenderizing Effects and Acting despite Ourselves 97

4.1 Disorientations of Interruption 99

4.1.1 Illness, Sensing Vulnerability, and Living Unprepared 100

4.1.2 Trauma and Living Unprepared 106

4.2 Disorientations of Ill Fit 110

4.2.1 Queerness and In-This-Togetherness 110

4.2.2 Migration and Living against the Grain 114

4.3 The Power of Tenderizing Effects 119

4.4 Conclusion 123

5 Injustice and Irresoluteness 125

5.1 Resolute and Irresolute Actions against Injustice 127

5.2 Both/and Actions, Heterosexism, and Mass Incarceration 131

5.3 Doubling Back Actions, Implicit Bias, and Colonialism 138

5.4 Building without Blueprints and Post-Industrial Poverty 144

5.5 Conclusion 149

6 Disorientation and Habitability 153

6.1 Dismissing Disorientations 154

6.2 Responding to Disoriented Others 160

6.3 Responding to Oneself as Disorientable 169

6.4 Back to the Rough Waves 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190277406

0190277408

9780190277390

0190277394

OCLC:

925410920