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Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

By Eva Feder Kittay , Licia Carlson

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2010
ISBN
1405198281, 978-1-4051-9828-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3465694 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
442\448
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00

Description

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, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and autism under the rubric of cognitive disabilityOffers insights into categories like Alzheimer's, mental retardation, and autism, as well as issues such as care, personhood, justice, agency, and responsibility

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