Response: The Need of Strangers
In this paper Jean Vanier responds to Hauerwas' essay by exploring the nature of humanness. Drawing on the thinking of Michael Ignatieff he examines the essence of human need, presenting a case for the centrality of love and respect for human flourishing. People need to have their basic needs f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2005, Volume: 8, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 27-30 |
| Further subjects: | B
Humanness
B Love B Respect B Community B Human need |
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| Summary: | In this paper Jean Vanier responds to Hauerwas' essay by exploring the nature of humanness. Drawing on the thinking of Michael Ignatieff he examines the essence of human need, presenting a case for the centrality of love and respect for human flourishing. People need to have their basic needs fulfilled, but if their deeper needs for love and respect are not met, the possibility of happiness and fulfillment is limited if not impossible. For many people with developmental disabilities it is lack of love and respect which hinders them most in their search for fulfillment. He argues that living in L'Arche is a way of life and an ‘attitude towards life’ within which these deeper needs are viewed as central for all people, an attitude which is embodied in L'Arche's way of life with people who have disabilities. The question is, how might we go about creating a society where there is more love? |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v08n03_03 |