Kathryn Norlock, “Forgiveness as Moral Housekeeping”
Isabella Cannon Room, 7:30 p.m.
The Ferris E. Reynolds Lecture in Philosophy
Femininity is loaded with some undesirable historical baggage, including the persistent expectation by both men and women that women will be more forgiving than men. Norlock takes the positions that forgiveness is like housekeeping: although social expectations may result in an unfair distribution of labor, over time there are virtues to doing both that are difficult to deny.