Arguing about Disability: Philosophical Perspectives

by Kristiansen; Kristjana

• ISBN13: 9780415455954
• ISBN10: 0415455952
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134049738
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"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 philosophy, as well as disability activists."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vii
Introduction: the unavoidable alliance of disability studies and philosophy	p. 1
Metaphysics	p. 13
Social justice and disability: competing interpretations of the medical and social models	p. 15
Definitions of disability: ethical and other values	p. 30
The ontology of disability and impairment: a discussion of the natural and social features	p. 42
Disability and the thinking body	p. 57
Political philosophy	p. 75
Personhood and the social inclusion of people with disabilities: a recognition-theoretical approach	p. 77
Disability and freedom	p. 93
Disability, non-talent and distributive justice	p. 105
Gender, disability and personal identity: moral and political problems in community thinking	p. 124
Ethics	p. 135
Cochlear implants, linguistic rights and 'open future' arguments	p. 137
The moral contestedness of selecting 'deaf embryos'	p. 154
The role of medical experts in shaping disability law	p. 169
Prenatal screening for Down syndrome: why we shouldn't?	p. 185
Biopolitics and bare life: does the impaired body provide contemporary examples of homo sacer?	p. 203
Index	p. 219
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