2017
DOI: 10.22190/fulp1701157z
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What Vulnerability? Whose Vulnerability? Conflict of Understandings in the Debate on Vulnerability

Abstract: Abstract. In this paper, I intend to explore the apparent difficulty in communication between two understandings of vulnerability: one that claims that vulnerability is a part of conditio humana, a feature closely connected to the facts of (human) embodiment and mortality, and the other which argues for the exclusivity of vulnerability and wishes to limit it to only those who are "more than ordinarily vulnerable". The first part of the paper outlines the main sources of disagreement between these two perspecti… Show more

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“…Ivana Zagorac (2017), en su texto "What Vulnerability, Whose Vulnerability? nclusiónf Understandings in the Debate on Vulnerability", reconstruye algunas de las dificultades para tener una comprensión unívoca de la vulnerabilidad, al contemplar tanto su dimensión individual o subjetiva, como su dimensión colectiva y política.…”
Section: La Vulnerabilidad Como Elemento éTico Y Políticounclassified
“…Ivana Zagorac (2017), en su texto "What Vulnerability, Whose Vulnerability? nclusiónf Understandings in the Debate on Vulnerability", reconstruye algunas de las dificultades para tener una comprensión unívoca de la vulnerabilidad, al contemplar tanto su dimensión individual o subjetiva, como su dimensión colectiva y política.…”
Section: La Vulnerabilidad Como Elemento éTico Y Políticounclassified
“…Consensus on an exact definition of 'vulnerability' is still lacking (Zagorac, 2017). However, vulnerability should not necessarily be seen as a state of weakness (Ito & Bligh, 2016;McKenna & Campbell, 2011), and vulnerability is not about being soft-hearted or weak (Brown, 2013;Lopez, 2018).…”
Section: Integrity and The Adjunctive Virtuous Trait Of Vulnerabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From a philosophical perspective, it is essential to explore the controversy surrounding universality and particularity with regard to vulnerability (Wisner, 2016;Zagorac, 2017). To address this issue, in the second part of this paper I discuss some of the characteristics of the category of vulnerability in light of the analysis that we find in the work of Martha Fineman.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%