| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Adam Cureton and Kimberley Brownlee -- 1. The Welfarist Account of Disability / Guy Kahane and Julian Savulescu -- 2. Disability, Adaptation, and Inclusion / Norman Daniels, Susannah Rose and Ellen Daniels Zide -- 3. Vagaries of the Natural Lottery? Human Diversity, Disability, and Justice: A Capability Perspective / Lorella Terzi -- 4. Disability among Equals / Jonathan Wolff -- 5. An Inclusive Contractualism: Obligations to the Mentally Disabled / Christie Hartley -- 6. No Talent? Beyond the Worst Off! A Diverse Theory of Justice for Disability / Anita Silvers -- 7. Understanding Autonomy in Light of Intellectual Disability / Leslie P. Francis -- 8. Respect without Reason: Relating to Alzheimer's / Douglas MacLean -- 9. Radical Cognitive Limitation / Jeff McMahan -- 10. Disability, Discrimination, and Irrelevant Goods / F.M. Kamm -- 11. Ethical Constraints on Allowing or Causing the Existence of People with Disabilities / David Wasserman -- 12. Impairment, Flourishing, and the Moral Nature of Parenthood / Rosalind McDougall -- 13. Projected Disability and Parental Responsibilities / Richard Hull |
| Summary |
This book offers a much-needed investigation of moral and political issues concerning disability, and explores how the experiences of people with disabilities can lead to reconsideration of prominent positions on normative issues. Thirteen new essays examine such topics as the concept of disability, the conditions of justice, the nature of autonomy, healthcare distribution, and reproductive choices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Disabilities -- Congresses
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People with disabilities -- Congresses
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Social justice -- Congresses
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Sociology of disability -- Congresses
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Public welfare.
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Disability evaluation.
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Intellectual disability.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Cognition disorders.
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Social Welfare
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Disability Evaluation
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Persons with Mental Disabilities
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Intellectual Disability
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Alzheimer Disease
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Cognition Disorders
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welfare services.
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mentally handicapped.
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intellectual disability.
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71.70 physically handicapped.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
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Disabilities
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People with disabilities
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Social justice
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Sociology of disability
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Behinderung
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Soziologie
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Konferenzschrift
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brownlee, Kimberley, 1978-
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Cureton, Adam Steven, 1981-
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| LC no. |
2009001720 |
| ISBN |
0199234507 |
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9780199234509 |
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9780191569968 |
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0191569968 |
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9780191809804 |
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0191809802 |
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1282336584 |
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9781282336582 |
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9786612336584 |
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6612336587 |
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