Say Everything Expressive Discourse Worksheet

Naussbaum Questions

1 .People change over time and we can forget how we once were , the values we held , the views we had . This is in some senses just like reading an old diary , but do I want people to know , or to remind them , that the successful professional of 35 was once a teenager with a poor self image who had spots and cheated in exams ? On the other hand on a personal level it is good both to remind oneself how far one has travelled , and also to remember the good

things and people that were once important

2 .Too much information to post publicly could be defined as enough to cause problems e .g . a young person giving out her address and the fact that her parents are away , but if she were just expressing feelings without revealing factual detail little harm is likely

3 .Privacy is a fairly modern concept . When the majority lived in small communities everyone would have known their business . Even bedrooms would have been shared by a number of siblings , or by parents and children together homes by several generations , as well as by in-laws If we are doing nothing wrong why do we get so bothered about street cameras etc ? On the other hand some things are meant to be between just those concerned

4 . The modern world is often defined as a global village , but people have always kept some things for themselves , and , for hundreds of years shared other...