Official lecture 6 Flashcards
what do Goodin, MacIntyre, Turner talk about
Curse
what does brown talk about
choice
what does Gehlen, Culp) talk about
Change
what does Nussbaum, Fineman, Gilson talk about
Condition
what does bryan turner say
obvious corporeality of existence (9).
venerability speaks to that embodiment
open to the “dangers of [our] environment” and “conscious of [our] precarious circumstances” (28)
hen turner talks about vulnerability, he wants us to recognize the environment and mindset (the embodiment under uncertain conditions)— says it could be a good thing to have but it might be good to get over it/overcome it; this means to overcome our humanity almost
what does Erinn Gilson say
“[P]ervasive, fundamental, shared, and something we cannot ever entirely avoid” (2).
vulnerability is a core feature of what it means to be human, cannot entirely avoid it
“[Openness] to being affected and affecting in ways that one cannot control” (2)
cannot control it
what are the Implications of Vulnerability
biological
environmental
institutional
individual
what is Biological –
dependency due to disease, epidemics, resistant viruses, other biological catastrophes
dependent on others and resources
what is Environmental
natural disasters beyond our control (e.g., errant weather systems) producing flood, drought, famine, fire, etc
we live in a world where being vulnerable means we are at the whims of nature in many different ways
what is Institutional
harms from illness or injury that may disrupt our existing web of economic and institutional relationships of dependence or support
can be disruptions to the institutions we build to secure the dependency our vulnerability requires
we build institutions to address vulnerability, but they are vulnerable and unstable themselves
they will break down, they are run by humans
what is Individual –
vulnerabilities range in magnitude and potential at individual level (vulnerability is both universal and particular)
there are varying degrees of vulnerability, it is different for every person
who is involved with the Paradox of Human Vulnerability
turner and Naussbaum
what is the Paradox of Human Vulnerability
Potential for misery – “Human beings experience pain and suffering because they are vulnerable (Turner, 9).
vulnerability means I can experience pain and suffering and misery
Opportunity for happiness – “the peculiar beauty of human excellence [including love, friendship, and civic relations] just is its vulnerability” (Nussbaum, FG, 2).
recognize that wounding hurts, but if we couldn’t get hurt how would we build relationships? If I am not vulnerable than how can anyone penetrate?
we are both open to misery and happiness— this is what vulnerability does
what does naussbaum think about vulnerability
Nussbaum wants to say there is something beautiful about vulnerability
her point in the book is that being vulnerable and fragile means we are open to hurting, she sees beauty in this as we can strive for goodness despite the problems we face
what does Brane Brown say
she does not want to associate vulnerability with weakness
it is the “I got crushed, and I am getting up/I owned it/I moved forward”
