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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830877003321

Titolo

Cognitive disability and its challenge to moral philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Eva Feder Kittay and Licia Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Suxxex, U.K. ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-68376-4

9786612683763

1-4443-2278-8

1-4443-2279-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Metaphilosophy series in philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

KittayEva Feder

CarlsonLicia <1970->

Disciplina

174.2968

616.8001

Soggetti

Cognition disorders

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as volume 40, nos. 3-4 (July 2009) of Metaphilosophy.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Intellectual disability : the medical model and beyond -- pt. 2. Justice -- pt. 3. Care -- pt. 4. Agency -- pt. 5. Speaking about cognitive disability -- pt. 6. Personhood.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medical historians, and prominent moral philosophers, Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses the ethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, and meta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disabilityFeatures essays by a prominent clinicians and medical historians of cognitive disability, and prominent contemporary philosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and Peter SingerRepresents the first collection that brings together philosophical discussions of Alzheimer's disease,