Disability and disadvantage [[electronic resource] /] / Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Cureton

• Autore: Brownlee Kimberley <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.4
• Soggetto topico: People with disabilities; Sociology of disability; Disabilities; Social justice
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CuretonAdam Steven <1981->
• Note generali: Assembly of philosophers who contributed to this collection, which is the product of two workshops held at the University of Manchester in May 2007 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in September 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Welfarist Account of Disability; 2 Disability, Adaptation, and Inclusion; 3 Vagaries of the Natural Lottery? Human Diversity, Disability, and Justice: A Capability Perspective; 4 Disability among Equals; 5 An Inclusive Contractualism: Obligations to the Mentally Disabled; 6 No Talent? Beyond the Worst Off! A Diverse Theory of Justice for Disability; 7 Understanding Autonomy in Light of Intellectual Disability; 8 Respect without Reason: Relating to Alzheimer's; 9 Radical Cognitive Limitation ; 10 Disability, Discrimination, and Irrelevant Goods11 Ethical Constraints on Allowing or Causing the Existence of People with Disabilities; 12 Impairment, Flourishing, and the Moral Nature of Parenthood; 13 Projected Disability and Parental Responsibilities; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a much-needed investigation of moral and political issues concerning disability, and explores how the experiences of people with disabilities can lead to reconsideration of prominent positions on normative issues. Thirteen new essays examine such topics as the concept of disability, the conditions of justice, the nature of autonomy, healthcare distribution, and reproductive choices. The contributors are Norman Daniels, Ellen Daniels Zide, Leslie P. Francis,Christie Hartley, Richard Hull, Guy Kahane, F. M. Kamm, Rosalind McDougall, Jeff McMahan, Douglas MacLean, Susannah Rose,
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability and disadvantage
• ISBN: 0-19-180980-2; 1-282-33658-4; 9786612336584; 0-19-156996-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454813903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II