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Essay / Deaf People By Charles Taylor - 1647
Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher, maintains that cultural survival has value and constitutes a definitive good. He believes that it is the proper domain of state action to define substantial collective objectives for cultures, which can respond to “what is ultimately valuable in life”, in order to protect dialogical being. If we accept the argument that people are dialoguing beings, then deaf people should be allowed to live within their deaf culture and produce deaf children as they please. By immersing themselves in a culture that surrounds them with others like them, they avoid the harms of unfamiliarity and it further gives them a sense of belonging. Charles Taylor's support for the preservation of cultures lies in the idea of a dialogic being. Taylor believes that all humans are dialogical, meaning that our identity is shaped by interactions with others. The dialogical self is constituted by its language, its practices and its culture. Taylor then argues that misrecognition on the part of those with whom we interact partly develops our identity and can inflict harm and oppression. “A human being's sense of self is established in the context of his ethics and morals. The concept of identity is linked to “who I am”. Individuals are situated in a contextual environment that may include their relationships with family and friends, as well as their abilities and the professions in which they work or have worked. This identifies what is ultimately important to an individual and how this relates to the position of their identity in relation to this. (Thomas, 2013) This extract explains in more detail the dynamics of the functioning of beings in dialogue. Individuals obtain their identity through their interactions with those around them; so it is important that they circle middle of paper......enzie and Scully's argument, people against the deaf lesbian couple having a deaf baby have no reason to legitimize their argument because they will They never understand the specific situation, no matter how hard they try to “imagine” themselves in their place. The social model of disability states that the most disabling aspect of disability is society and culture. Society is defined as people who interact in ways that share a common culture. According to Charles Taylor, culture and society must be preserved. Thus, Deaf culture must be preserved in order to avoid any misunderstanding and the harm associated with it, as well as to preserve different societal values. Therefore, members of deaf culture should be allowed to create deaf babies if they wish and we do not have the right to decide which life is worth living and which life is not worth living. 'to be experienced..