What Does Vulnerability Mean?

Hastings Center Report 36 (2):38-45 (2012)
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Vulnerability does not mean much for our contemporary morality. It is antithetical to our emphasis on individualism and rationality; it requires that we attend to the body and to our feelings. Yet only by recognizing the depth and breadth of our vulnerability can we affirm our humanity.

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10.1353/hcr.2006.0024

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