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The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice Well-Being and Finiteness: Agency, Self-Acceptance, and Disability

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice : Well-Being and Finiteness:... [Building on The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) explored and defended in previous chapters, an explanation is provided in this chapter of how various types of liberalism often promote well-being via, what is called here, the ontological ‘ethic of agency’. This ethic explicitly values individual choice, the capacity for formulating self-determined life-plans, and the successful pursuit of valued goals associated with these plans, all seen as central to enhancing well-being (and reflecting the ontological condition of agency explored in Chap. 2). However, another account of well-being is found in these types of liberalism, which, although more hidden, emphasises the importance of, what is called here, the ontological ‘ethic of self-acceptance’. This ethic values general and particular limitations of the human condition. That is, where an individual agent enhances her well-being by accepting her condition as ‘bounded’, but in so doing is able to enjoy who she is presently and the necessarily limited temporal, social, and physical spaces she occupies (and reflecting the ontological condition of finiteness also explored in Chap. 2). The main argument in this chapter is that, when applying both these ethics of well-being to disability issues, complex and sometimes conflicting normative claims are not only found within liberal philosophy, but are also reflected in how disability issues are viewed by the Disability Rights Movement (DRM). These complexities and conflicts, in turn, can be applied to the formulation and development of disability policy and welfare practice which are intended to increase well-being for disabled people.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice Well-Being and Finiteness: Agency, Self-Acceptance, and Disability

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
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978-3-031-18141-2
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93 –117
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10.1007/978-3-031-18142-9_4
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[Building on The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT) explored and defended in previous chapters, an explanation is provided in this chapter of how various types of liberalism often promote well-being via, what is called here, the ontological ‘ethic of agency’. This ethic explicitly values individual choice, the capacity for formulating self-determined life-plans, and the successful pursuit of valued goals associated with these plans, all seen as central to enhancing well-being (and reflecting the ontological condition of agency explored in Chap. 2). However, another account of well-being is found in these types of liberalism, which, although more hidden, emphasises the importance of, what is called here, the ontological ‘ethic of self-acceptance’. This ethic values general and particular limitations of the human condition. That is, where an individual agent enhances her well-being by accepting her condition as ‘bounded’, but in so doing is able to enjoy who she is presently and the necessarily limited temporal, social, and physical spaces she occupies (and reflecting the ontological condition of finiteness also explored in Chap. 2). The main argument in this chapter is that, when applying both these ethics of well-being to disability issues, complex and sometimes conflicting normative claims are not only found within liberal philosophy, but are also reflected in how disability issues are viewed by the Disability Rights Movement (DRM). These complexities and conflicts, in turn, can be applied to the formulation and development of disability policy and welfare practice which are intended to increase well-being for disabled people.]

Published: Nov 12, 2022

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