ISBN:
9789048124770
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 264p, digital)
Series Statement:
Philosophy and Medicine 104
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Philosophical reflections on disability
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Ethics
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Political science Philosophy
;
Quality of Life
;
Medical ethics
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Philosophy
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Ethics
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Political science Philosophy
;
Quality of Life
;
Medical ethics
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Ethics
;
Medical ethics
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Political science Philosophy
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Quality of Life
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Behinderung
;
Philosophie
;
Lebensqualität
;
Behinderung
;
Bioethik
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
;
Behinderung
;
Öffentliche Ordnung
;
Behinderung
;
Philosophie
;
Lebensqualität
;
Bioethik
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
;
Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract:
This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes on to address such themes as the complex interplay between disability and quality of life, questions of social justice as it relates to disability, and the personal dimensions of the disability experience. By explicitly locating the discussion of various applied ethical questions within the broader theoretical context of how disability is best conceptualized, the volume seeks to bridge the gap between abstract philosophical musings about the nature of disease, illness and disability found in much of the philosophy of medicine literature, on the one hand, and the comparatively concrete but less philosophical discourse frequently encountered in much of the disability studies literature. It also critically examines various claims advanced by disability advocates, as well as those of their critics. In bringing together leading scholars in the fields of moral theory, bioethics, and disability studies, this volume makes a unique contribution to the scholarly literature, while also offering a valuable resource to instructors and students interested in a text that critically examines and assesses various approaches to some of the most vexing problems in contemporary social and political philosophy.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Author Biographies; 1 Introduction: Philosophical Reflections on Disability; 1.1 The Concept of Disability; 1.2 Disability, Quality of Life, and Bioethics; 1.3 Disability and Justice; 1.4 Personal Voices; 1.5 Conclusion; 1.6 Notes; References; Part I Concepts and Theories of Disability; 2 An Essay on Modeling: The Social Model of Disability; 3 Ability, Competence and Qualification: Fundamental Concepts in the Philosophy of Disability; 4 Disability and Medical Theory; Part II Disability, Quality of Life, and Bioethics
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Utilitarianism, Disability, and Society6 Too Late to Matter? Preventing the Birth of Infants at Risk for Adult-Onset Disease or Disability; 7 To Fail to Enhance is to Disable; 8 Rehabilitating Aristotle: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Disability and Human Flourishing; Part III Disability, Social Justice, and Public Policy; 9 Equal Treatment for Disabled Persons: The Case of Organ Transplantation; 10 Disability Rights: Do We Really Mean It?; 11 Dignity, Disability, Difference, and Rights; 12 Public Policy and Personal Aspects of Disability; 13 Disability and Social Justice
Description / Table of Contents:
14 The Unfair and the Unfortunate: Some Brief Critical Reflections on Secular Moral Claim Rights for the DisabledPart IV Personal Voices; 15 Neither Victims Nor Heroes: Reflections from a Polio Person; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-2477-0
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