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SUMMARY:Imperatives of Alterity and Law in Levinas and Kant
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DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Topic Description:<br></strong>Contrary to philosophy&rsquo\;s normal epistemological predilection\, both Kant and Levinas argue for &ldquo\;the primacy of practical reason\,&rdquo\; for &ldquo\;ethics as first philosophy\,&rdquo\; finding morality at the root of all intelligibility.&nbsp\; Yet for Levinas moral imperative arises as responsible response to the other person&rsquo\;s alterity while for Kant it arises as dutiful respect for law in the other and oneself.<br>Through explication of texts and discussion\, this seminar aims to clarify the grounds and some of the moral and political consequences of their agreement and disagreement.</p>\n<p><strong>Program:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Monday July 15</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>I. 10:30am-12:00 noon</p>\n<p><strong>OPEN LECTURE:&nbsp\; RICHARD A. COHEN (USA): &ldquo\;WHAT IS EASY AND WHAT IS DIFFICULT IN LEVINAS&rdquo\;</strong></p>\n<p>II. 1:30-3:00pm: Kant\, 3rd Antinomy\, <em>Critique of Pure Reason</em>\, A444/B472-A451/B479 [<strong>Richard</strong><strong>Cohen</strong>]\; end of 2nd Section &amp\; 3rd Section\, <em>Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals</em>\, 441-463 [<strong>Nur Bet&uuml\;l Atakul (Turkey)</strong>]\; Levinas\, &ldquo\;Primacy of Pure Practical Reason&rdquo\; [<strong>Matthew Koshak (USA)</strong>]</p>\n<p>III. 3:30-5:00pm: cont.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday July 16</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>IV. 10:00am &ndash\; 12 noon: Levinas\, &ldquo\;Freedom and Command&rdquo\; (1953)\; in <em>Collected Philo Papers</em>\, ed. Lingis\, 15-23 [<strong>Irina</strong> <strong>Poleshchuk (Finland)</strong>\, <strong>Gediminas Zelvaras (Lithuania)</strong>].&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>V. 1:30 &ndash\; 3:00pm: Levinas\, &ldquo\;The Rights of Man and the Rights of the Other&rdquo\; (1985)\; in Levinas\, <em>Outside the Subject\, 91-98 </em>[<strong>Sean</strong><strong>Lawrence (Canada)</strong>\,<strong> Devorah Wainer (Australia)].<em>&nbsp\;</em></strong></p>\n<p>VI. 3:30 &ndash\; 5:00pm: cont. [<strong>Anto Varghese (India)</strong>\, <strong>Patrick Andre Corpuz Mencias (Philippines)</strong>]</p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday July 17</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>VII. 10:00am &ndash\; 12 noon:</p>\n<p><strong>OPEN LECTURE: DANUTĖ BACEVIČIŪTĖ (LITHUANIA)\, &ldquo\;EVIL AND THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE IN KANT AND LEVINAS&rdquo\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </strong></p>\n<p>1:30pm &ndash\; suggested group visit to Kaunas\, Levinas&rsquo\;s birth city.</p>\n<p><strong>Thursday July 18</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>VIII. 10:00am &ndash\; 12 noon</p>\n<p>Levinas\, from &ldquo\;Substitution\,&rdquo\; subsection 5 &ldquo\;Before Freedom\,&rdquo\; in BPW. 93-95\; Levinas\, from <em>God\, Death and Time</em>\, &ldquo\;The Radical Question Kant Against Heidegger\,&rdquo\; last 3 pages\, 59-61.&nbsp\; <br> <strong>Jolanta Saldukaitytė\, Nur Bet&uuml\;l Atakul\, Anto Varghese\, Matthew Koshak\, Femke Caers</strong></p>\n<p>Levinas\, <em>Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence</em>: &ldquo\;Responsibility for the Other&rdquo\; (9-11)\, Essence and Signification&rdquo\; (11-14)\; &ldquo\;Sensibility&rdquo\; (14-15)<br> <strong>Richard Cohen\, Devorah Wainer\, Gediminas Zelvaras\, Irina Poleshchuk\, Patrick Andre Corpuz Mencias</strong></p>\n<p>Kant\, &ldquo\;Perpetual Peace\,&rdquo\; in Kant: <em>Political Writings</em>\, ed. Reiss\, 99 (on freedom\, equality)\; 116-122\, on morality\, politics\, right and might<br> <strong>James Mclachlan\, Andrzej (Andrew) Karpiński\, Sean Lawrence</strong></p>\n<p>IX. 1:30 &ndash\; 3:00pm: three groups\, cont.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>X. 3:30 &ndash\; 5:00pm: <strong>Jolanta Saldukaityte (Lithuania)</strong> &ldquo\;Freedom and Responsibility&rdquo\;\; group &ldquo\;reports&rdquo\;.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Friday July 19</strong><strong></strong></p>\n<p>XI. 10:00 &ndash\; 12 noon:</p>\n<p>Levinas\, &ldquo\;Humanism and An-Archy&rdquo\; (1968)\; in Levinas\, <em>Humanism of the Other</em>\, 45-57 [<strong>Andrzej Karpinski</strong> (<strong>United Kingdom).</strong></p>\n<p>XII. 1:30 &ndash\; 3:00pm: cont. [<strong>Femke</strong><strong>Caers (Belgium)</strong>]</p>\n<p>XIII. 3:30 &ndash\; 5:00pm&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Concluding remarks.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;This year seminar is a part of the research project &ldquo\;The Reception of Emmanuel Levinas&rsquo\; Thought in Contemporary Philosophical Discourse&rdquo\; funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (grant Nr. S-LIP-22-62) &amp\; Institute of Philosophy at Vilnius University</p>
ORGANIZER;CN="Jolanta Saldukaitytė":
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