PHLB09H3 : Definitions
Document Summary
Experiential harms = you have to experience in order to be harmed. I t"s something that interferes with experiential interests. Meaningfulness harms = can harm your goals and plans even if you don"t exist to experience them and even without your knowledge. Ex: spreading lies, cheating on you, setting your work on fire. Passive = what we experience, ex: medical conditions, accidents. Active = what we plan to do, ex: goal, aspirations, duties. I t"s not subjected to e-harms, rather m-harms (meaningful) Experiential interests = subjective, could be autonomous or non autonomous, it depends the passive side of your life. Meaningfulness interests = objective, connected with autonomy - the active side of your life. Suicide = the act of intentionally killing yourself which means active side (goal oriented, intentional, planned, meaningful) of your life destroys passive side (not intentional, unplanned, experiential). Reasons for suicide are due to misery, pain, depression and lack of meaningfulness.
