tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060970090340231567.post1617229048365072879..comments2015-04-16T08:03:01.455-07:00Comments on Ableism: Just Askwilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060970090340231567.post-63503876033556753622015-04-16T08:03:01.455-07:002015-04-16T08:03:01.455-07:00Thanks for this post, Amy! I was also struggling t...Thanks for this post, Amy! I was also struggling to wrap my head around how Singer's encounters with Harriett didn't cause him to shift his worldview; the fact that they didn't really speaks to how ingrained ableism is. You sum up Singer's positivist, eugenic ideology really well, and his arrogance in presuming to know the degree to which humans and animals enjoy their lives (and to quantify, compare, and make life and death decisions on the basis of those ableist assumptions). That title, Happy Nevertheless, is so revealing. I also think this speaks to the fact that inclusion and integration is insufficient for overcoming ableism, and that the eugenic ideology that prevails today and underlies much ableist thinking presently needs to be explicitly illuminated and challenged.Laura Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339632312081401047noreply@blogger.com