Territory \u2022 Autism and Asperger Syndrome \u2022 Personal Interest in Autism \u2013 work at charity for autistic children \u2022 Interested to look at specific traits of autism, and link it to philosophical ethical theory \u2022 Autism as a social disorder and developmental disability, and a lifelong, cross cultural disability \u2022 Difficulty relating to people and thus a difficulty with empathy \u2013 impaired theory of mind \u2022 Triad of impairments \u2013 difficulty with social imagination, interaction and communication \u2022 Routines and special interests \u2022 Theory of Mind \u2013 ability to think that other people have different thoughts\/feelings to you – can imagine how people feel in particular situation. E.g. If someone\u2019s mother has died, though you may not be sad yourself, can understand how they will be feeling \u2022 ASD = impaired theory of mind \u2013 not instinct to think\/act in a particular way \u2022 So, if we cannot put ourselves in someone else\u2019s position, can we be held responsible for acting \u201cbadly\u201d? \u2022 People with ASD often have other accompanying disorders, e.g. Attention deficit disorder and depression \u2022 Impaired theory of mind means people with ASD will have a lack of awareness for the outcome of an action. Philosophical Concepts \u2022 Hobbes \u2013 ideas of self, preservation, and that one is free to do something if we can do it if we so will. Idea of pleasure as the only good, and so the only thing that people do for its own sake – We always act on our strongest desire for self-preservation \u2013 we act in the right for ourselves \u2013 more lenient of autistic behaviours? \u2022 Mill – Consequentialist tradition that an action is right or wrong depending on consequences – An action is good if it benefits the most people possible \u2013 acting in an apparently socially unacceptable way is not excusable as it will cause more harm to people than good \u2022 Kant – We should do the right thing for the right reasons – idea of duty – looks at INTUITIONISM and a voice of conscience \u2022 Hegel\u2019s Theory of action – Similar to Kant \u2013 sees morality to be autonomous as to be moral is to deny a law which applies equally to everyone rather than just to oneself \u2022 Foucault – Look at in terms of a change throughout history – Very specific that ASD is NOT a mental disorder, but a developmental disability \u2022 In the past people who acted in such a way would not have been understood in the same way that they are now, and so could have been excluded from society\/treated badly – E.g. hospital General in Paris \u2022 Rise in scientific knowledge (Kant), people now understand more and so people are hopefully less likely to be excluded for being \u201cdifferent\u201d. Aims and Objectives \u2022 I have a great personal interest in autism and have worked with autistic children for the last four years \u2022 People with autism are often misunderstood, and so I think it is important for awareness of the disorder to be raised and that is the aim of this project, as well as looking at whether or not people who are unaware that what they are doing is wrong, can be held responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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