Philosophical Reflections on Disability

This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes on to address such the...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ralston, D. Christopher (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ho, Justin Hubert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
Σειρά:Philosophy and Medicine, 104
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Concepts and Theories of Disability
  • Introduction: Philosophical Reflections on Disability
  • An Essay on Modeling: The Social Model of Disability
  • Ability, Competence and Qualification: Fundamental Concepts in the Philosophy of Disability
  • Disability and Medical Theory
  • Disability, Quality of Life, and Bioethics
  • Utilitarianism, Disability, and Society
  • Too Late to Matter? Preventing the Birth of Infants at Risk for Adult-Onset Disease or Disability
  • To Fail to Enhance is to Disable
  • Rehabilitating Aristotle: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Disability and Human Flourishing
  • Disability, Social Justice, and Public Policy
  • Equal Treatment for Disabled Persons: The Case of Organ Transplantation
  • Disability Rights: Do We Really Mean It?
  • Dignity, Disability, Difference, and Rights
  • Public Policy and Personal Aspects of Disability
  • Disability and Social Justice
  • The Unfair and the Unfortunate: Some Brief Critical Reflections on Secular Moral Claim Rights for the Disabled
  • Personal Voices
  • Neither Victims Nor Heroes: Reflections from a Polio Person.