Course Nº IX · Philosophy

Attention and Action

What we look at, and what we do about it. A short course on the moral weight of noticing.

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We tend to talk about ethics as a problem of decision. This course treats it as a problem of attention — what we choose to look at, how long, and at what cost. Six lessons, each built around a single short text.

Iris's seminars are famously slow. Bring patience and a pen.

Table of contents

Twelve lessons, in order.

  1. 01

    On looking 1

    Plate I — a demonstration.

  2. 02

    On looking 2

    Plate II — a demonstration.

  3. 03

    On looking 3

    Plate III — a demonstration.

  4. 04

    On looking 4

    Plate IV — a demonstration.

  5. 05

    On looking 5

    Plate V — a demonstration.

  6. 06

    On looking 6

    Plate VI — a demonstration.

Outcomes

  • 01Identify the unspoken claims in a moral argument
  • 02Trace the costs and gifts of looking carefully
  • 03Write a short ethical reflection that is honest about its own limits

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