PHLB13H3 Lecture Notes - Forced Marriage, Universalizability
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Linda wants us to avoid universalizing from specific framewords. Pogge tries to identify what is universal and talks about harm to the global poor. Wants to change institutions trade and financial rules or regulations. If the global poor are malnourished, it s because of the institutions. Language with particular inner logic term developed by philosophers. Discourse around the framewords, victim and consent . Widely used concepts in w/n discourse about sexual violence. Wants to make concepts strange to us. Can t step outside of our culture function of personal experience. Can be aware that it is neither natural nor given. Ex. chemistry or physics hunt for universal truths. Statistically tabulated: numbers depend on the language used. Would vary between sexual consent and intentions. Language makes a difference in experience by how you name it. You ask someone a question and get ignored.