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Philosophical reflections on disability

Title
  1. Philosophical reflections on disability / edited by D. Christopher Ralston and Justin Ho.
Published by
  1. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2010.

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Additional authors
  1. Ralston, D. Christopher (David Christopher)
  2. Ho, Justin.
Description
  1. xv, 263 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Philosophy and medicine ; v. 104
Uniform title
  1. Philosophy and medicine ; v. 104.
Subject
  1. Disability studies
  2. People with disabilities
  3. Disabled Persons
  4. Ethical Theory
  5. Personal Autonomy
  6. Philosophy
  7. Social Justice
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. JFE 10-272
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
  1. Philosophical reflections on disability / edited by D. Christopher Ralston and Justin Ho.
Imprint
  1. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, 2010.
Series
  1. Philosophy and medicine ; v. 104
  2. Philosophy and medicine ; v. 104.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Ralston, D. Christopher (David Christopher)
  2. Ho, Justin.
ISBN
  1. 9789048124763
  2. 904812476X
Research call number
  1. JFE 10-272
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