Women, Role Ethics and Phenomenology: A Critique and Expansion
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Room 271
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Confucianism, Role Ethics, Gender
Abstract
My presentation is an examination of Confucian Role Ethics through the lens of phenomenology. I will explore the idea that phenomenology implies a set of ethics when studying the humanities (or anything for that matter), but I will focus primarily on religion. I will discuss how dogmatic views on gender can be perpetuated by certain systems of role ethics. I will be using Roger Ames' work as a jumping off point and will be discussing his omission of the female role in his book, Confucian Role Ethics, as it relates to phenomenology. Primarily, I will focus on this omission as un-phenomenological and strive to support that argument and how such hermeneutical errors both ignore and perpetuate the problem of patriarchy. I will discuss my recent experience presenting at the UAA conference “Living Ethically in a Global World”. I will discuss the unique challenge and rewards of critiquing a well-known scholar in my field.
Recommended Citation
Gustafson, Megan, "Women, Role Ethics and Phenomenology: A Critique and Expansion" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 53.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/53
Additional Mentoring Department
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Women, Role Ethics and Phenomenology: A Critique and Expansion
SURC Room 271
My presentation is an examination of Confucian Role Ethics through the lens of phenomenology. I will explore the idea that phenomenology implies a set of ethics when studying the humanities (or anything for that matter), but I will focus primarily on religion. I will discuss how dogmatic views on gender can be perpetuated by certain systems of role ethics. I will be using Roger Ames' work as a jumping off point and will be discussing his omission of the female role in his book, Confucian Role Ethics, as it relates to phenomenology. Primarily, I will focus on this omission as un-phenomenological and strive to support that argument and how such hermeneutical errors both ignore and perpetuate the problem of patriarchy. I will discuss my recent experience presenting at the UAA conference “Living Ethically in a Global World”. I will discuss the unique challenge and rewards of critiquing a well-known scholar in my field.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dippmann, Jeffery