BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5762-05a5550c5e2759916274ad070112957c@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260904T062103Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200305T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200305T170000 SUMMARY:Expanding Empathy Speaker Series: Jesse Graham DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in the Moral Cir cle\n\nAbstract: \;The idea of the moral \;circle \;pictures the self in the center\, surrounded by concentric circles encompassing increasingly distant possible targets of moral concern\, including famil y\, local community\, nation\, all humans\, all mammals\, all living thi ngs including plants\, and all things including inanimate objects. I pre sent the idea of two opposing sets of forces in people&rsquo\;s moral ci rcles\, with \;centripetal \;forces pulling inward\, urging grea ter concern for close others than for distant others\, and centrifugal f orces pushing outward\, resisting &ldquo\;drawing the line&rdquo\; anywh ere as a form of prejudice and urging egalitarian concern for all regard less of social distance. This centripetal/centrifugal forces view is app lied to current moral debates about \;empathy \;(e.g.\, parochia lism vs. universalism) and about \;politics \;(e.g.\, nationalis m vs. globalism). I argue that this view helps us see how intercultural and interpersonal disagreements about morality and prejudice are based i n intrapersonal conflicts shared by all people.\n\nBio: \;Jesse Grah am is George S. Eccles Chair in Business Ethics and Associate Professor of Management in the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah . Jesse studies the moral\, political\, and religious convictions that c ause so much conflict &mdash\; within and between individuals and organi zations &mdash\; and yet provide so much meaning to people&rsquo\;s live s. Jesse has received the SAGE Young Scholar Award and the Association f or Psychological Science Rising Star Award\, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.\n\nThe Ex panding Empathy Speaker Series is sponsored by the Moral Agency and Mora l Development Initiative in the Rock Ethics Institute\, \;with suppo rt from the College of the Liberal Arts\, the College of Health and Huma n Development\, the Department of Psychology\, the Edna Bennett Pierce P revention Research Center\, and the University Libraries.\n\nFor more de tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/expanding_empathy_speaker_series_ jesse_graham/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Title: C entripetal and Centrifugal Forces in the Moral Circle

Abstract:  The idea of the moral circle pictures the self in th e center, surrounded by concentric circles encompassing increasingly dis tant possible targets of moral concern, including family, local communit y, nation, all humans, all mammals, all living things including plants, and all things including inanimate objects. I present the idea of two op posing sets of forces in people’s moral circles, with centrip etal forces pulling inward, urging greater concern for close others than for distant others, and centrifugal forces pushing outward, resist ing “drawing the line” anywhere as a form of prejudice and u rging egalitarian concern for all regardless of social distance. This ce ntripetal/centrifugal forces view is applied to current moral debates ab out empathy (e.g., parochialism vs. universalism) and about&nb sp;politics (e.g., nationalism vs. globalism). I argue that this vi ew helps us see how intercultural and interpersonal disagreements about morality and prejudice are based in intrapersonal conflicts shared by al l people.

Bio: Jesse Graham is George S. Eccles Chair in Business Ethics and Associate Professor of Management in the Eccles S chool of Business at the University of Utah. Jesse studies the moral, po litical, and religious convictions that cause so much conflict — w ithin and between individuals and organizations — and yet provide so much meaning to people’s lives. Jesse has received the SAGE You ng Scholar Award and the Association for Psychological Science Rising St ar Award, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.

The Expanding Empathy Speaker Series i s sponsored by the Moral Agency and Moral Development Initiative in the Rock Ethics Institute, with support from the College of the Liberal Arts, the College of Health and Human Development, the Department of Ps ychology, the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, and the Un iversity Libraries.

For more details: https://eve nts.la.psu.edu/event/expanding_empathy_speaker_series_jesse_graham/< /p> URL:https://rockethics.psu.edu/events/jesse-graham-expanding-empathy-speaker -series LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR