Presenter:
In-Person
In recent years, buildings and streets have been re-named, statues destroyed or moved on the grounds that the recipients of these honors behaved immorally. This is the public or expressive counterpart of a more inward question: how should we think and feel about people in the light of their vices and virtues? Is it possible to (justly) admire someone (for her achievements) if she also did terrible things? What is it to admire someone for an achievement? Are we admiring the person or the action? Can we—should we be psychologically able to—keep our attitudes toward a person's flaws and accomplishments discrete? In this talk, the presenter will offer some materials for answering these questions.