Intellectual disability : ethics, dehumanization, and a new moral community /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Keith, Heather E.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Keith, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwight), 1946-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex : J. Wiley, 2013.
• Θέματα: People with mental disabilities > Cross-cultural studies.; People with mental disabilities > Social conditions.; Mental illness > Moral and ethical aspects.; Mental illness > Cross-cultural studies.; Ethnopsychology > Cross-cultural studies.; Difference (Psychology) > Cross-cultural studies.; Group identity > Cross-cultural studies.; Social isolation > Cross-cultural studies.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.; Difference (Psychology); Ethnopsychology.; Group identity.; Mental illness.; People with mental disabilities.; Social isolation.; Electronic books.; Cross-cultural studies.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource.
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118586440; 1118586441; 9781118586471; 1118586476; 9781118606926; 1118606922; 9781118606957; 1118606957; 0470674326; 9780470674321; 9781299313835; 1299313833
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118606957

"Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. This book: Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective ; Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities ; Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments ; Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability."--Publisher's website.