Disability, Difference, Discrimination Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy

by Silvers, Anita; Wasserman, David; Mahowald, Mary B.; Becker, Lawrence C.

• ISBN13: 9780847692231
• ISBN10: 084769223X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. In this compelling book, three experts in ethics, medicine, and the law address pressing disability questions in bioethics and public policy. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary B. Mahowald test important theories of justice by bringing them to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability. They do so in the light of recent advances in feminist, minority, and cultural studies, and of the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act.

Author Biography

Anita Silvers is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University David Wasserman is research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland Mary B. Mahowald is professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Lawrence C. Becker is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor in the Humanities (Philosophy) at the College of William and Mary

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Formal Justice	p. 13
Distributive Justice	p. 147
A Feminist Standpoint	p. 209
Response	p. 253
Silvers on Wasserman and Mahowald
Wasserman on Silvers and Mahowald
Mahowald on Silvers and Wasserman
Afterword: Disability, Strategic Action, and Reciprocity	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 329
About the Authors	p. 343
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