Christopher Woodard and I are leading a British-Academy funded project on Civic Virtues and Vices. Our first workshop will take place in Nottingham in early November 2019.
Our keynote speakers are:
We want to think about the category of civic virtues, to see how they might relate to existing categories of ethical and epistemic virtues, and to see whether retrieving the categories of civic virtues would be warranted and useful. Some of the broad sets of questions of the workshop include:
More details to follow!
Our keynote speakers are:
- Alessandra Tanesini (University of Cardiff)
- Lani Watson (University of Edinburgh)
We want to think about the category of civic virtues, to see how they might relate to existing categories of ethical and epistemic virtues, and to see whether retrieving the categories of civic virtues would be warranted and useful. Some of the broad sets of questions of the workshop include:
- Is there a distinct class of civic virtues? If so, how do they relate to, and different from, ethical and epistemic virtues? If so, what role, if any, might there be for the category of 'civic virtues' within our philosophical theorising about civic culture and participation?
- Are civic virtues better construed as ethical and epistemic virtues operative within the contexts of civic practice and agency?
- How might the putative class of civic virtues relate to wider topics and themes within contemporary political philosophy?
- Does the term civic virtue refer to (a) the virtues appropriate to civic agents or (b) the virtues of civic institutions and systems or (c) both of these?
- Are there virtues of citizens that would help political societies to flourish?
More details to follow!
