ISS 210 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I Syllabus review Outline of Current Lecture I Personhood II Scheper Hughes death without weeping III Personhood and abortion a Social categories IV Time and the life course V Individual Current Lecture Map for the first exam will cover the United States and Canada Must know all the states and all the provinces This will be worth 10 points on the next exam TA office hours Thursday 1 3 different than in syllabus Personhood Mind body and soul How is mind body and soul seen between different cultures Social relationships family friends neighbors These are related Think of personhood related to time and space o Time life course or lifecycle o Space Our location how the climate social world and economic world differ in different places the natural world Said to have a zone that extents about a food and a half around us A second zone that extends 3 4 feet How does this come in to play People interact with each other in different zones depending on how close and your relationships with them In some societies it would not be weird for people to be in each other s close zone it is a cultural thing These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Animals in the desert remember where food is in the desert Strong sense of survival How do people respond to power and authority o Many people will respond to authority even if it doesn t seem like a normal environment o People will follow others and respond to those they look up to be above them Non persons and non humans at first white men were considered persons Scheper Hughes death without weeping She notes in her books that there is a high rate of infant mortality rate in low class Brazil When infants die the mothers do not weep She assumed because she had children that if a child dies mothers would grieve She questions if infants are people They are not adults they do not have the same legal responsibilities and thinking that adults do Unlike in the US and middle class America these women do not behave the same towards infants as Americans They are not considered people they do not look at their infants the same baby them They do not personify infants o They are not named right away until they are older and develop characteristics o They don t begin to see them as fully formed human beings yet o Key They do not see them as persons dying o When older kids die the mothers do grieve o They are not as expected to live they do not attach themselves that can easily be temporary Catholicism in Brazil When these babies die they become angels and go straight to heaven Helps reduce grief If mothers cry their tears will land on their angel child s wings and prevent them to fly They wont then become an angel that makes it to heaven their soul may stay on earth and haunt Personhood and Abortion People argue when personhood starts at conception or when they are born When does it become a baby o At conception o When it starts to look more like a human and less like a fetus o At birth Language helps to determine views the terms you use can justify your views What is a neutral term for what happens after an abortion o Terminated o Killed o Ceased to exist o Murder Stages of pregnancy social situation Medical reasons vs social reasons Relationship that led to conception Social Categories Cognitive aspect what do you call things o Labeling o An aspect of social thinking o Finding neutral terms to agree with many sides and opinions Moral or emotional components Time and the life course When does life begin and when does life end Topic for medical students People are injured and people are medically ill When do you end life support Reincarnation could we be reincarnated now Maybe its just an exciting idea Individual Individual vs society Autonomous vs group Private vs public Conservative there should not be so much government intervention should be autonomous and do more for yourself Democracy requires people cooperating and working together to make the country work goes against individualism Collero would say person vs society they are separate in individualism o You are unique but you are still bounded to society he says o Cannot separate yourself from society o Society is everywhere no one can escape it o Society is inside you