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oapen-20.500.12657-566942022-06-09T12:05:35Z Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability Cureton, Adam Wasserman, David Philosophy, disability, human embodiment, social identity, normative, conceptual, dignity, human well-being, civil rights, human rights bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy This Handbook introduces philosophers, as well as other scholars in the humanities and social sciences, to one of the most dynamic new areas of philosophical inquiry. Disability raises some of the deepest conceptual and normative issues about human embodiment and well-being; dignity, respect, justice and equality; and personal and social identity. But it also raises pressing practical questions for educational, health, reproductive, and technology policy, and confronts controversial questions about the scope and direction of the human and civil rights movements. The Handbook addresses these issues and more, with contributions from some of the most prominent philosophers in the field. The clarity it brings to these discussions demonstrates fully the continued centrality and importance of philosophical inquiry. 2022-06-09T11:58:10Z 2022-06-09T11:58:10Z 2018 book 9780190622879 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56694 eng Oxford University Press 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190622879.001.0001 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190622879.001.0001 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 c93b7ac1-3e17-49ca-8d07-a75c0f18d749 9780190622879 open access
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This Handbook introduces philosophers, as well as other scholars in the humanities and social sciences, to one of the most dynamic new areas of philosophical inquiry. Disability raises some of the deepest conceptual and normative issues about human embodiment and well-being; dignity, respect, justice and equality; and personal and social identity. But it also raises pressing practical questions for educational, health, reproductive, and technology policy, and confronts controversial questions about the scope and direction of the human and civil rights movements. The Handbook addresses these issues and more, with contributions from some of the most prominent philosophers in the field. The clarity it brings to these discussions demonstrates fully the continued centrality and importance of philosophical inquiry.
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