Ethics Of Attention Podcast
The Iris Murdoch Society podcast
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The Passive Element
Vail: As much as possible, the self has to take a step back. And in a sense, it's passive because I have to stop trying to place my expectations or my ideas on you. But it's also very active because we tried to interpret the world in the way that we wanted to be and so stopping that requires some kind of effort. This going against our tendencies and our temptations. In the more extreme ways, of course, then there is the sense of attention as complete surrender to whatever may come.
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