Ain T Misbehavin Stanley Peele Analysis

The passage by Stanley Peele,"Ain't Misbehavin',", is about addiction as becoming socially accepted as a disease. The author of the passage argues that addiction should not be considered a disease because he thinks it to be psychologically connected. The author mentions addictions to be physically habit forming but does not thinks addiction as a disease because in his opinion the disease model of addiction has negative outcomes for the society. The main issue with the passage is that the author of the passage intends to prove that addiction is not a disease but he does not give any reasons why addiction should not be considered a disease.
My conclusion is that addiction is not a disease; however growing influences in society have led us to believe addiction as a disease which is harmful and has complex results for the society. I think it as the main conclusion because the passage is about addiction as a disease model becoming socially accepted as a norm. The passage has premises supporting the conclusion. The passage explains that addiction should not be considered a disease. The author …show more content…
The author does not define of what he means by disease and thus the meaning is not clear. He does not explain of what he means by disease so I am going to use the principle of charity because there is no indication that he means anything different than what is commonly understood and meant by disease as abnormal functioning of the human body. I reconstructed this meaning because the author discusses addicts suffering physiologically and thus having chemical and physical side effects on their bodies. The concept "disease" is used in a sense too narrow. The author should have given an example or definition of disease that could have led us to understand the concept in more detail. The concept "disease" is used four times in the passage and there is no evidence that the word changes meaning. Now I have finished with the key