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The belief in makeability conceals human suffering
Common ideals of self-realisation and makeability overshadow the harsher realities of misfortune, illness and suffering. According to care ethicist Jeannet van de Kamp, this fiction is linked to current social polarisation. To break through it, we must recognise the lived experiences of real people as a source of knowledge.
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