Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the 'For Humanity' Lecture Series.

Event Time

Beijing Time

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Participation Format

Registration is required to receive the ZOOM access link, which will be sent shortly to your registered email or phone number. Please enter the Zoom room 15 minutes before the starting time. Once the Zoom room reaches full capacity, latecomers will not be able to join the event.  

Registration and Fees

Registration
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Ticket: Free.

The language of the event will be English.

The Event

On May 7, Stephen Darwall, the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, will join us to discuss his recent book, The Heart and Its Attitudes. In this book, he systematically explores "attitudes of the heart"—such as remorse, love, trust, gratitude, personal anger, and jealousy—and their role in mediating personal relationship, attachment, and connection. He also examines how these heartfelt attitudes mirror “attitudes of the will”—guilt, resentment, and blame.

In this talk, Professor Darwall will delve into his philosophical exploration of these heartfelt phenomena, examining the nature of emotions, moral sentiments, and clarifying the distinction between "attitudes of the heart" and "attitudes of the will."

The Speaker

Stephen Darwall 
Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Stephen Darwall is the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2001, Darwall has written broadly on fundamental moral philosophy, moral psychology, and the history of ethics. His most well-known book is The Second-Person Standpoint: Morality, Respect, and Accountability (Harvard University Press, 2006) and his most recent books are Modern Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to Kant (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and The Heart and Its Attitudes (Oxford University Press, 2024).