Aristotle, Autism, and Applied Behavior Analysis
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This essay asks and answers the question: Is it possible for children with autism to live a good life, to flourish? The notion of a good life that is used is borrowed from Aristotle. Initially, the answer is no. Left to their own devises, children with autism do not flourish. However, unbeknownst to the public, a significant percentage of children with autism can and do flourish when properly treated with the ‘new’ science of Applied Behavior Analysis.
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The neurodiversity paradigm's rejection of the species-norm is at odds with naturalist positions in the philosophical literature regarding human flourishing that exclude autistic individuals.
“For the neurodiversity paradigm, rejection of the species-norm is at odds not just with dominant medical accounts.It is also, we contend, at odds with both naturalist positions in the philosophical literature regarding human flourishing that exclude autistic individuals (Furman & Tuminello, 2015;Nussbaum, 2006),”
From Neurodiversity, epistemic injustice, and the good human life (2022) · cites this paper as Furman & Tuminello, 2015
Moral philosophers have often taken autism to be inherently at odds with living a good life.
“Underlying these empirical findings, moral philosophers have often taken autism to be inherently at odds with living a good life (Barnbaum, 2008;Furman & Tuminello, 2015).”
From Neurodiversity, epistemic injustice, and the good human life (2022) · cites this paper as Furman & Tuminello, 2015
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Neurodiversity, epistemic injustice, and the good human life
Chapman, R., & Carel, H. (2022) · Journal of Social Philosophy · doi:10.1111/josp.12456 · Cited by 231 · see citing works
- Authors
- Furman, T. M., & Tuminello, A.
- Venue
- Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 253-262
- ISSN
- 1071-6076 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3303
- OpenAlex
- W2420235939
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 0.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Keywords
- Aristotle, autism spectrum disorder, applied behavior analysis, eudaimonia, good life, children with autism, autism treatment, virtue ethics
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