Arguing about Disability (eBook, PDF)

Philosophical Perspectives
Redaktion: Kristiansen, Kristjana; Shakespeare, Tom; Vehmas, Simo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept - especially in the field of disability studies - and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based approaches in highly politicized debates. Sustained theoretical scrutiny has sometimes been lost amongst the controversy and philosophical issues have often been overlooked in favour of the sociological. Arguing about Disability fills that gap by offering analysis and debate concerning the moral nature of institutions, policy and practice, and their significance for disabled people and society.

This pioneering collection is divided into three sections covering definitions and theories of disability; disabled people in society and applied ethics. Each contributor - drawn from a wide range of academic backgrounds including disability studies, sociology, psychology, education, philosophy, law and health science - uses a philosophical framework to explore a central issue in disability studies. The issues discussed include personhood, disability as a phenomenon, social justice, discrimination and inclusion.

Providing an overview of the intersection of disability studies and philosophical ethics, Arguing about Disability is a truly interdisciplinary undertaking. It will be invaluable for all academics and students with an interest in disability studies or applied ethics, as well as disability activists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134049745
• Artikelnr.: 43070543

Autorenporträt

Kristjana Kristiansen is Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Simo Vehmas is Professor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Tom Shakespeare is Research Fellow at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute (PEALS), Newcastle University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Unavoidable Alliance of Disability Studies and Philosophy
Part 1: Metaphysics 1. Social Justice and Disability: Competing
Interpretations of the Medical and Social Models 2. Definitions of
Disability: Ethical and Other Values 3. The Ontology of Disability and
Impairment: A Discussion of the Natural and Social Features 4. Disability
and the Thinking Body Part 2: Political Philosophy 1. Personhood and the
Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities: A Recognition-Theoretical
Approach 2. Disability and Freedom 3. Disability, Non-Talent and
Distributive Justice 4. Gender, Disability and Personal Identity: Moral and
Political Problems in Community Thinking Part 3: Ethics 1. Cochlear
Implants, Linguistic Rights, and 'Open Future' Arguments 2. The Moral
Contestedness of Selecting 'Deaf Embryos' 3. The Role of Medical Experts in
Shaping Disability Law 4. Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome: Why We
Shouldn't? 5. Biopolitics and Bare Life: Does the Impaired Body Provide
Contemporary Examples of Homo Sacer?