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SUMMARY:Practical Necessity and the Realm of Meaning
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LOCATION:221 Burwood Highway\, Burwood\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3125
DESCRIPTION:<p>At some moments in our lives we may be moved to speak of a certain course of action as necessary - in other words\, as required in an absolute or non-negotiable sense. The nature of such demands is a source of perennial debate within ethics\, with some rejecting the reality of practical necessities entirely\, others seeing them as an expression of self-identity\, and yet others connecting them to the impersonal dictates of morality. In this talk I offer some reflections on the connections between practical necessity\, the meaning of an action\, and the imagination. I suggest that the dependence of practical necessity on meaning introduces a certain aspect of contingency into necessity statements. Whether this frustrates their purpose will depend on how that purpose is understood. Regardless\, I hope that locating such declarations on this background will help us better to appreciate why this form of words has a tendency to arouse both fascination and controversy.</p>\n<p>A zoom link can be provided via Jack Reynolds (jack.reynolds@deakin.edu.au)</p>
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