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SUMMARY:Empathy and Demonization
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LOCATION:Old Physics Building\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> It is of course hardly news that there&rsquo\;s something wrong with demonizing people.&nbsp\; <em>What</em> exactly is wrong with that\, and what exactly demonization amounts to\, is not so clear\, however. &nbsp\; I take the &ldquo\;demon&rdquo\; in demonization\, here\, quite seriously. Drawing on themes in Kant's <em>Religion Within the Bounds of Mere Reason</em>\, I argue that demonization\, in its literal sense\, is an ever-present temptation in our understanding of other human beings\, but one that should be resisted. &nbsp\;I then turn to an Adam-Smithian rather than a Kantian understanding of &ldquo\;humanity&rdquo\;&mdash\; as the result of an empathetic understanding of others&mdash\;&nbsp\;and argue that we demonize people precisely when we give up on the effort to empathize with them.&nbsp\; Both what demonization is\, and what is wrong with it\, should become clearer when we draw out these links with empathy. &nbsp\;Clarifying demonization should also help us better understand empathy\, and its value.</p>\n<p>This event is supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.</p>
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