基本説明
Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective.
Full Description
Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities.
Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective
Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities
Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments
Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability
Contents
Acknowledgements vii Prologue:Why Study Disability? ix
Part I The Roots of Dehumanization 1
1 Intellectual Disability: History and Evolution of Definitions 3
2 The Social Construction of Purgatory: Ideas and Institutions 19
3 A Failure of Intelligence 37
4 The Consequences of Reason: Moral Philosophy and Intelligence 53
Part II Out of the Darkness 77
5 Defining the Person: The Moral and Social Consequences of Philosophies of Selfhood 79
6 Alternative Views of Moral Engagement: Relationality and Rationality 95
7 Culture and Intellectual Disability 116
Part III Disability Ethics for a New Age 131
8 Quality of Life and Perception of Self 133
9 Application and Best Practices: Rights, Education, and Ethics 151
10 Epilogue: Visions of the Future 170
References 177
Name Index 215
Subject Index 225
