Title Arguing about disability : philosophical perspectives / edited by Kristjana Kristiansen, Simo Vehmas and Tom Shakespeare

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) Contents Social justice and disability : competing interpretations of the medical and social models / Steven R. Smith -- Definitions of disability : ethical and other values / Steven D. Edwards -- The ontology of disability and impairment : a discussion of the natural and social features / Simo Vehmas and Pekka Makela -- Disability and the thinking body / Jackie Leach Scully -- Personhood and the social inclusion of people with disabilities : a recognition-theoretical approach / Heikki Ikaheimo -- Disability and freedom / Richard Hull -- Disability, non-talent and distributive justice / Jerome E. Bickenbach -- Gender, disability and personal identity : moral and political problems in community thinking / Tuija Takala -- Cochlear implants, linguistic rights and open future arguments / Patrick Kermit -- The moral contestedness of selecting deaf embryos / Matti Hayry -- The role of medical experts in shaping disability law / Lindsey Brown -- Prenatal screening for Down syndrome : why we shouldn't / Berge Solberg -- Biopolitics and bare life : does the impaired body provide contemporary examples of homo sacer / Donna Reeve Summary Disability is a thorny and muddled concept and philosophical issues have often been overlooked in favour of the sociological amongst the controversy. Arguing about Disability fills that gap by offering analysis and debate concerning the moral nature of institutions, policy and practice, and their significance for disabled people and society Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Disability studies. Sociology of disability. People with disabilities -- Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities. Disability studies People with disabilities -- Social conditions Sociology of disability Behinderung Psychosoziale Situation Philosophie Behindertenhilfe Praktische Philosophie Behinderung. Psychosoziale Situation. Behindertenhilfe. Praktische Philosophie. Disability studies. Sociology of disability. People with disabilities -- Public opinion. Funktionshinder. Personer med funktionsnedsättning -- sociala förhållanden. Form Electronic book Author Kristiansen, Kristjana. Vehmas, Simo. Shakespeare, Tom, 1966- ISBN 9780203891575 0203891570

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