Comments on: “In a Sense, They’re Handicapped” http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rimfax http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Rimfax Wed, 07 May 2008 19:12:22 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=93#comment-563 ...to help you find out what your "special purpose" is for? …to help you find out what your “special purpose” is for?

]]> By: Moople http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Moople Wed, 07 May 2008 04:28:04 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=93#comment-558 I need some government intervention---or---to meet a girl who will "help me find the answers" as Ma Bailey said. I need some government intervention—or—to meet a girl who will “help me find the answers” as Ma Bailey said.

]]> By: Christopher Colaninno http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Christopher Colaninno Tue, 06 May 2008 01:54:46 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=93#comment-557 <i> "If a couple of parents raise a nutritionally deprived, stunted kid, we’re shocked, outraged, disgusted. Why does that sentiment not carry over to psychological development?"</i>" When you say "shocked, outraged, disgusted" you mean that even anti-government folks that are willing to support government intervention, whereas in the area of psychological development not as much, right? I think there is a considerable non-libertarian consensus on thinking that the psychological trauma of being raised by fanatics, etc is grounds for government intervention. In practice government intervention in the area of psychological development of children is extremely common, and I would suggest that guidance counselors and government social workers are highly beneficial to society. “If a couple of parents raise a nutritionally deprived, stunted kid, we’re shocked, outraged, disgusted. Why does that sentiment not carry over to psychological development?””

When you say “shocked, outraged, disgusted” you mean that even anti-government folks that are willing to support government intervention, whereas in the area of psychological development not as much, right?

I think there is a considerable non-libertarian consensus on thinking that the psychological trauma of being raised by fanatics, etc is grounds for government intervention.

In practice government intervention in the area of psychological development of children is extremely common, and I would suggest that guidance counselors and government social workers are highly beneficial to society.

]]> By: Rimfax http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Rimfax Fri, 02 May 2008 15:31:39 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=93#comment-544 Isn't that just a synecdoche for modernity in general? The transition from rigid, community-centric social structures with arbitrary rules and gross punishments to an as-yet-amorphous individualist social semi-anarchy is what we've all been going through. For me, while I'm not facing anywhere near the social cliff face that these boys are facing, I am still experiencing the need to develop new moral structures with the well-deserved collapse of the ones with which I was brought up. It is also a stark, if anachronistic, example of the social forces explored in Roy Baumeister's "Is There Anything Good About Men?". Isn’t that just a synecdoche for modernity in general? The transition from rigid, community-centric social structures with arbitrary rules and gross punishments to an as-yet-amorphous individualist social semi-anarchy is what we’ve all been going through. For me, while I’m not facing anywhere near the social cliff face that these boys are facing, I am still experiencing the need to develop new moral structures with the well-deserved collapse of the ones with which I was brought up.

It is also a stark, if anachronistic, example of the social forces explored in Roy Baumeister’s “Is There Anything Good About Men?”.

]]> By: Positive Liberty » Interesting Questions on Children and the FLDS http://kerryhowley.com/2008/04/29/in-a-sense-theyre-handicapped/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Positive Liberty » Interesting Questions on Children and the FLDS Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:14:51 +0000 http://kerryhowley.com/?p=93#comment-535 [...] Howley responds, reminding readers of the other side of intensively polygynous marriage — the discarded boys. [...] [...] Howley responds, reminding readers of the other side of intensively polygynous marriage — the discarded boys. [...]

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