1NC: Yes Value to Life always value to life our ev because of subject position. There’s –Prefer Frankl’s Coontz 1. [Phyllis D., PhD Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh, et al, JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING, 2001, 18(4), 235-246 J-Stor] – Frankl described an theory of meaning in life. In the 1950s, psychiatrist and theorist Viktor (1963) existential purpose and Frankl, a prisoner in a concentration camp, re- lated transcendent states he long-time several instances of that experienced in the midst of terri- ble suffering these that using his own experiences and observations. He believed that experi- ences allowed him and others to maintain their sense of dignity and self-worth. Frankl (1969) claimed transcendence occurs by giving to others, being open to others that and the environment, and coming to accept the life always has meaning for the individual; a person reality that some situations are un- changeable. He hypothesized that can always decide how to face adversity. self-transcendence provides mean- ing and enables the Therefore, discovery of meaning for a person (Frankl, 1963). Expanding Frankl's work, Reed (1991b) linked self-transcendence with Through a developmental process individuals gain an understanding of who they are mental health. increasing and are able to move out beyond themselves despite the fact that they are ex- periencing physical and mental pain. This expansion beyond the self occurs through in- trospection, concern about others and their well-being, and to strengthen one's present life integration of the past and fu- ture (Reed, 1991b).
1NC: Yes Value to Life There’s always value to life –Prefer our ev because of Frankl’s subject position. Coontz 1. [Phyllis D., PhD Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh, et al, JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING, 2001, 18(4), 235-246 – J-Stor] In the 1950s, psychiatrist and theorist Viktor Frankl (1963) described an existential theory of purpose and meaning in life. Frankl, a long-time prisoner in a concentration camp, re- lated several instances of transcendent states that he experienced in the midst of that terri- ble suffering using his own experiences and observations. He believed that these experi- ences allowed him and others to maintain their sense of dignity and self-worth. Frankl (1969) claimed that transcendence occurs by giving to others, being open to others and the environment, and coming to accept the reality that some situations are un- changeable. He hypothesized that life always has meaning for the individual; a person can always decide how to face adversity. Therefore, self-transcendence provides mean- ing and enables the discovery of meaning for a person (Frankl, 1963). Expanding Frankl's work, Reed (1991b) linked self-transcendence with mental health. Through a developmental process individuals gain an increasing understanding of who they are and are able to move out beyond themselves despite the fact that they are ex- periencing physical and mental pain. This expansion beyond the self occurs through in- trospection, concern about others and their well-being, and integration of the past and fu- ture to strengthen one's present life (Reed, 1991b).