TY - BOOK ID - 14301878 TI - Philosophical reflections on disability AU - Ralston, D. Christopher. AU - Ho, Justin. PY - 2009 SN - 904812476X 904812591X 9048124778 9400705212 9786612839238 1282839233 PB - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Disability awareness. KW - Disability studies. KW - People with disabilities. KW - Sociology of disability. KW - Philosophy, Medical KW - Personal Autonomy KW - Ethical Theory KW - Social Justice KW - Quality of Life KW - Disabled Persons KW - Human Rights KW - Principle-Based Ethics KW - Freedom KW - Philosophy KW - Persons KW - Ethics KW - Life KW - Psychological Phenomena and Processes KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Humanities KW - Social Control, Formal KW - Named Groups KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Sociology KW - Health Care KW - Medical Ethics & Philosophy KW - Disabilities KW - Medicine KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Social sciences. KW - Philosophy and social sciences. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Medicine. KW - Medical ethics. KW - Sociology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Medicine/Public Health, general. KW - Philosophy of the Social Sciences. KW - Philosophy of Medicine. KW - Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. KW - Political Philosophy. KW - Philosophy. KW - Cripples KW - Disabled KW - Disabled people KW - Disabled persons KW - Handicapped KW - Handicapped people KW - Individuals with disabilities KW - People with physical disabilities KW - Persons with disabilities KW - Physically challenged people KW - Physically disabled people KW - Physically handicapped KW - Sociology of disability KW - People with disabilities KW - Education KW - Study and teaching KW - Curricula KW - Social sciences KW - Medicine-Philosophy. KW - Political science KW - Political philosophy KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine KW - Social philosophy KW - Social theory KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Health Workforce KW - Medicine—Philosophy. KW - Social sciences and philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14301878 AB - 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. ER -