Lecture 4 Flashcards
what are the 5. Challenges to constructionist perspective and application
social constructions commitments require adequate justifications
Social constructionism relies on a specific perspective on nature
Social constructionism relies on a particular reading of history
Childhood represents a difficult test case for social construction paradigms
Constructionist models must account for diverse perspectives on freedom
what is social constructions commitments require adequate justifications
how big of an issue is natural or biological polymorphism (from reading), point author makes is that it matters concretely as people are born with different variations of hormones and even intersex. The question is not, does it matter? But how does it matter in terms of public policy, debate, how significantly should it factor the way we speak about human embodiment, etc. What is the WEIGHT of the matter? Do not take our 2018 mindset and read that into history. Human rights is an example, we have to be carful how we interpret texts and what we find in history
what is cial constructionism relies on a specific perspective on nature
Nature is there to be amended and developed rather than be strict, Nature is malleable/moldable; glasses are a way to amend nature and we appreciate it. To challenge this, it isn’t to say that we should never touch it and leave it as it is, but nature is there to have something done with it. What does this mean? What is the foundation for social constructionism— physics is one. Born This Way music example; we are born in a way that allows us to mod our lives (our nature). Are there good reasons to reject nature’s basis? Social cant avoid having nature as foundation, yet nature also provides us with perimeters
what is Social constructionism relies on a particular reading of history
Naussbaum said they when looking back to history, she expected to find universality but found difference. She was challenged and called out by another who said if she looked further she would find other things, yet she just read one section that supported her views and used that.
Aristotelian Family Theory
what is Aristotelian Family Theory
“The first form of association naturally instituted for the satisfaction of daily recurrent needs is thus the family”
a) zōon politikon
b) response to Plato
c) State and family fundamental
d) Natural impulse toward multiplication
what is Childhood represents a difficult test case for social construction paradigms
What do we make of child’s play? Some people do not tell their children their biological sex, and then let them decide for themselves. But what do we make of children’s decisions/actions? They explore and test things all the time. Prof gave example where his son had a massive purse but it was filled with superheroes and it was just the biggest bag he could find. Parents have a massive role in the development of the child’s lives; whether it is through withholding information or guiding them with information.
We do not get to choose our embodiment, it is a gift, We cant choose our parents (if they are good or bad) if they stay together, what world view is passed on to us, where we live. This is all our starting place
what is the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo argument
grandmothers searching for the children. If we say that family is a social construction, then the missing children shouldn’t matter; but it does
what are the 2 perspectives on freedom
Oliver O’Donovan’s 2 definitions
and
Charle’s Taylors Double-loss
what is Oliver O’Donovan’s 2 definitions
raw power to act (I am able to do what I want to do)
Capacity to fill a social form (religious freedom is an example of this)
what is Charle’s Taylors Double-loss
Charle’s Taylors Double-loss (the freedom we receive can be a trap) (the main point here is; what different ways are there to think about things) (a woman in a hijab may be seen as someone who needs to be saved/given more freedom, but to her she may be perfectly fine and may have the freedom to live her pious life the she wants)
1. We have the power to make out own meaning in life 2. The meaning we create can turn into a trap
How does desire factor into morality? (a theory)
humans desire happiness
humans desire happiness is attained through activity
human acts (moral) (they are voluntary; they are knowingly or willingly engaged in this type of act)/acts of human beings (amoral) (amoral, hair thinning, falling when there is no ground under you, there is no WILL involved)
Reason and will are sources of human action
how are Reason and will are sources of human action
Will – appetite for the good
– Reason – measure of human acts (deliberation, practical judgment)
the term “morality” can be used how
- descriptively to refer to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a group (such as a religion), or accepted by an individual for her own behaviour or
- normatively to refer to a code of conduct that, given specific conditions, would be put forwards by all rational persons
