End of
Life
Life
Little's example of a case of suffering without pain (at least potentially)
Locked-in syndrome
Camus and Stewart-William's definition of meaning
purpose
Confucius endorses Zeng Dian's wish over the other more explicitly moral wishes of his followers--explain his wish
enjoying bathing in the Yi river with friends on a late spring day (when the weather is nice)
A view that we studied that explicitly rejects a dichotomy between self and society
Confucianism or Ubuntu
An anomic justification for suicide (explain it)
the failure of society to provide the means for safety and living well
Two ways for the absurd hero to live
revolt or excess
Kim and Seachris's account of the two core values of Confucianism
family and ritual
Kafer critiques the purported self-evidence of what claim
we all want the same futures, or a future with disability is a future no one wants
The reason that Little rejects decerebration as a means to remove suffering and prolong life in terminal illness
Decerebration would remove the patient's humanity, dignity, and meaning
Why Camus rejects Nietzche's approach to meaning (beyond just rejecting meaning in general)
Purpose makes us enslaved or unfree
The three types of meaning that Seachris and Kim identify
Stewart-Williams claims that: "Evolutionary theory tells us ___________ (a phrase), not what we should do now that we're here."
where we came from
A perspective that we covered that asserts that meaning extends beyond life
Attoe's "meaning of," or African theories, e.g. vital force of ancestors
Two aspects of the absurd, according to Camus
1) awareness of life's meaninglessness and 2) a yearning for meaning that cannot be satisfied--the combination is key
Name the traditional interpretation of the Confucian ideal as well as Ni's alternative account of the ideal
Ni: Aesthetic appreciation and creativity, morality is valuable as a means to aesthetic qualities vs. Traditional: Morality (family obligations and ritual), aesthetic qualities are valuable as a means to morality
Camus's two grounds for rejecting Kierkegaard's leap as a response to reason showing life is meaningless
(1) denial of reason/dignity/philosophical suicide and (2) meaninglessness does not mean life is worthless
Kafer says that illness and disability are part of what makes us ______ (fill in the blank)
Human
The difference between historical explanations as opposed to teleological explanations of traits in evolutionary theory
No appeal to purposes (future oriented and value-laden) is needed, simply transmission of genetic material due to reproductive fitness in the past
The concept of a sage (explain it, two parts)
1) cultivated spontaneity (trained but ultimately not requiring rigid adherence to rules, flows naturally) and 2) skill (always hits the mark)
How Kafer's political/relational model situates the "problem" of disability (two aspects)
(1) built environments, social, and political oppression (contra the medical model) and (2) bodies (contra the social model, bodily conditions can themselves be disabling, e.g, chronic pain)