Philosophical reflections on disability /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2009. |
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| Description: | xv, 263 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophy and medicine ; v. 104 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7895205 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : philosophical reflections on disability / D. Christopher Ralston and Justin Ho
- An essay on modeling : the social model of disability / Anita Silvers
- Ability, competence and qualification : fundamental concepts in the philosophy of disability / Lennart Nordenfelt
- Disability and medical theory / Christopher Boorse
- Utilitarianism, disability, and society / Torbjörn Tännsjö
- Too late to matter? Preventing the birth of infants at risk for adult-onset disease or disability / Laura M. Purdy
- To fail to enhance is to disable / Muireann Quigley and John Harris
- Rehabilitating Aristotle : a virtue ethics approach to disability and human flourishing / Garret Merriam
- Equal treatment for disabled persons : the case of organ transplantation / Robert M. Veatch
- Disability rights : do we really mean it? / Ron Amundson
- Dignity, disability, difference, and rights / Daniel P. Sulmasy
- Public policy and personal aspects of disability / Patricia M. Owens and Eric J. Cassell
- Disability and social justice / Christopher Tollefson
- The unfair and the unfortunate : some brief critical reflections on secular moral claim rights for the disabled / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
- Neither victims nor heroes : reflections from a polio person / Jean Bethke Elshtain.