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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Happy New Year! I hope you have had a chance to rest and restore in time for the new semester. The Philosophy Department will be hosting
a number of events this term, starting with a visit from <b>Dr. Susi Ferrarello</b> (CSU East Bay) to discuss “<b>The Problem of Idealization in Empathy and Ethics</b>”:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">In this lecture I seek to disclose how empathy and ethics have been constructed to idealized forms through the
process of naturalization in science and professional practice. Following Husserl's analysis of the natural attitude and the process of technologization of nature, I will show how these processes have shaped our interpretation of empathy. This has resulted
in the scientific community to explain empathy by sophisticated models (e.g., simulation, mirror neurons, etc.), in which the trace of the natural attitude continues, such as can be seen in the naturalization of empathy in the contemporary cognitive neurosciences.
This idealization of empathy is then carried over from the sciences to professional practice resulting in a technological approach toward empathy. As a contrast, I argue for a return to our fundamental relation to others as interpersonal understanding and
a reflection of empathy that would open for the development of professional ethics as a reflective human activity, instead of a set of guidelines and principles that are, more often than not, sophisticated, bureaucratic processes thought to prevent unethical
action and issues of liability. My belief is that only reflection on our being with others will lead us to meaningful connection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Ferrarello is Associate Professor at California State University, East Bay. Among her books are
<i>Husserl’s Ethics and Practical Intentionality</i> (Bloomsbury 2015), <i>Phenomenology of Sex, Love and Intimacy</i> (Routledge 2018),
<i>Human Emotions and the Origin of Bioethics</i> (Routledge 2021), and <i>The Ethics of Love</i> (Routledge 2022). She writes for
<i>Psychology Today</i> and works also as a philosophical counselor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Ferrarello’s talk will be on
<b>Friday, January 19<sup>th</sup> from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in COB1 320</b>. A poster is attached for her talk as well as for other events scheduled this term. All are welcome—please share widely!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Note that we have two student-run groups on campus that will also be running events:
<b>Examined Life</b> and <b>Minorities and Philosophy</b>. Examined Life will be running on Mondays from 2 to 3 p.m. starting January 22<sup>nd</sup>.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323336;background:white">Contact </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:gangelica@ucmerced.edu"><b><span style="color:#0F2D52;background:white">gangelica@ucmerced.edu</span></b></a><span style="color:#323336;background:white"> for
more information. Minorities and Philosophy can be contacted through </span><a href="mailto:rsaavedra4@ucmerced.edu"><b><span style="color:#0F2D52;background:white">rsaavedra4@ucmerced.edu</span></b></a><span style="color:#323336;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#323336;background:white">I hope to see you at one of these events soon!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Carolyn Dicey Jennings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092F44;text-transform:uppercase;mso-ligatures:none">CAROLYN DICEY JENNINGS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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