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NonUnitarySelfRealizingCohen 8 - 27 Jan 2009 - Main.JasonLissy
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Question 1: Application of the Unitary & Non-Unitary Self Distinctions: Within class we probed the fiction of the unitary-self. We recognized the potential danger in treating as pathologies variations in humans’ behavior/inner-states. I am willing to accept that a skilled attorney understands and is attentive to the multiplicity of persons within an individual. I acknowledge the danger of the unitary-self outlook is that the subscriber to this outlook is less likely to take notice of human “aberrations.” What is less clear to me is how being sensitive to the non-unitary self concept further skills the attorney who presumes a unitary-self but recognizes the range of human emotion and tailors his actions accordingly. Is there a practical difference between these two outlooks? Is it that the non-unitary-self concept compels one not to merely recognize the multiplicity of human states but to search for their causes in prior experiences? If yes, then what bearing and what benefit does this have on persuasive advocacy before non-realist justices?
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-- TheodorBruening - 27 Jan 2009

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Thanks for your response Daniel. Assessing the functional implications of the unitary/non-unitary is exactly the undertaking I am interested in and find challenging. As to the second question, I am not interested in proving Cohen correct or incorrect (I accept the limits of framing the inquiry in that way) but in probing the difficulties of the idea's application so as to problem solve around them in an effort to figure out the dimensions of what a successful implementation might look like.

-- JasonLissy - 27 Jan 2009

 
 
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