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.

 "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. 

 Why study disability? -- Part I. The roots of dehumanization. Intellectual disability: history and evolution of definitions -- The social construction of Purgatory: ideas and institutions -- A failure of intelligence -- The consequences of reason: moral philosophy and intelligence -- Part II. Out of the darkness. Defining the person: The moral and social consequences of philosophies of selfhood -- Alternative views of moral engagement: relationality and rationality -- Culture and intellectual disability -- Part III. Disability ethics for a new age. Quality of life and perception of self -- Application and best practices: rights, education, and ethics -- Visions of the future.