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SUMMARY:“On Relationality, Need, and Power” with Sarah Miller
DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;On Relationality\, Need\, and Power&rdquo\;\n\nSar
ah Miller\, associate professor of philosophy\, bioethics\, and women&rs
quo\;s\, gender\, and sexuality studies and spring 2023 Humanities Insti
tute faculty scholar in residence\n\nWhat is the significance of relatio
nality for human needs? Philosophers have generally thought of need as a
matter of individual vulnerability to harm. On this account\, needs ari
se in one person to be responded to by other people. While there is limi
ted relationality in such forms of ethical responsibility\, we must ask
what this approach occludes. The individualized view fails to perceive t
he multiple relational dimensions of the concept of need. For example\,
some needs can only be met in the locus of specific kinds of relationshi
ps. Some needs may be relationally constituted. Moreover\, understanding
needs individually tends to lose sight of the significance of power: ho
w power relations shape the way needs emerge socially\, whether the norm
ative weight of any given need is legible and receives proper uptake\, a
nd how such needs are met\, if they are to be met at all. Reconceptualiz
ing needs relationally in these ways offers a key insight into what rela
tional ethics as a distinctive moral theory could be.\n\nFor more detail
s: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/hi_sarah-miller/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“On Re
lationality, Need, and Power”
Sarah Miller, assoc
iate professor of philosophy, bioethics, and women’s, gender, and
sexuality studies and spring 2023 Humanities Institute faculty scholar i
n residence
What is the significance of relationality for human ne
eds? Philosophers have generally thought of need as a matter of individu
al vulnerability to harm. On this account, needs arise in one person to
be responded to by other people. While there is limited relationality in
such forms of ethical responsibility, we must ask what this approach oc
cludes. The individualized view fails to perceive the multiple relationa
l dimensions of the concept of need. For example, some needs can only be
met in the locus of specific kinds of relationships. Some needs may be
relationally constituted. Moreover, understanding needs individually ten
ds to lose sight of the significance of power: how power relations shape
the way needs emerge socially, whether the normative weight of any give
n need is legible and receives proper uptake, and how such needs are met
, if they are to be met at all. Reconceptualizing needs relationally in
these ways offers a key insight into what relational ethics as a distinc
tive moral theory could be.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/h
i_sarah-miller/
URL:https://hi.psu.edu/initiatives-and-programs/resident-lecture-series/
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