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Philosophical Reflections on Disability

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 104)

Editors: Ralston, D. Christopher; Ho, Justin Hubert

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2477-0

ISBN: 978-90-481-2476-3

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Aug 28, 2009

1 - 10 of 15 Chapters

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Introduction: Philosophical Reflections on Disability

Ralston, D. Christopher; Ho, Justin

Pages: 1 –16

[The discussions in this volume take place against the backdrop of the development of an increasingly vocal “disability rights” movement (henceforth DR) and the voluminous scholarly output of that movement’s “theoretical arm” (Snyder, 2006, p. 478), the growing academic field of “disability...
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An Essay on Modeling: The Social Model of Disability

Silvers, Anita

Pages: 19 –36

[From its first exposition almost half a century ago, the social model of disability has been aimed at altering both theory and practice, bringing about profound changes in people’s understanding of disability, and in the daily lives of disabled people as well. The social model’s foil, and on...
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Ability, Competence and Qualification: Fundamental Concepts in the Philosophy of Disability

Nordenfelt, Lennart

Pages: 37 –54

[A large part of the population are every day absent from work and on sick leave because they are disabled (or claim that they are disabled) from doing their work, often but not always because of some illness, disorder or defect. This is, first, a great existential problem for the individuals who...
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Disability and Medical Theory

Boorse, Christopher

Pages: 55 –88

[This essay compares in a preliminary way, concepts of disability to those of medicine, especially medical theory. Besides minor theses, I reach four major, not wholly original, conclusions. First, it does not seem that, in most usage, ‘disability’ has a clear enough meaning to determine how...
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Utilitarianism, Disability, and Society

Tännsjö, Torbjörn

Pages: 91 –108

[What are the social implications of utilitarianism with respect to disability? In this chapter I give a rough answer to this question: the implications are well in accordance with our common sense thinking, once various prejudices in relation to disability have been exposed. In order to be able...
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Too Late to Matter? Preventing the Birth of Infants at Risk for Adult-Onset Disease or Disability

Purdy, Laura M.

Pages: 109 –122

[There are many different views about our duties (or lack of them) toward future people. Some appear to reject altogether the notion that we should to try to influence the future; others think that doing so may be admirable, but not required.1 But most benefit from and therefore support advances...
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To Fail to Enhance is to Disable

Quigley, Muireann; Harris, John

Pages: 123 –131

[It is sometimes said that while we have an obligation to cure disease and prevent or ameliorate disability, we do not have an obligation to enhance or improve upon a normal healthy life. Indeed it is often said that not only do we have no obligation to enhance, we have a positive duty not to do...
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Rehabilitating Aristotle: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Disability and Human Flourishing

Merriam, Garret

Pages: 133 –151

[Aristotle would hardly be the first person one would think of when looking for an enlightened understanding of disability. The ancient Greek world in general did not have what we today would consider a progressive attitude towards disability, of course, but it is likely that Aristotle’s thought...
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Equal Treatment for Disabled Persons: The Case of Organ Transplantation

Veatch, Robert M.

Pages: 155 –167

[Mill is famous for his clever preliminary solution to the conflict between justice and utility-maximizing. In Chapter 5 of Utilitarianism he notes that, because of declining marginal utility, one can often maximize utility by concentrating resources on the worst-off in society, thus providing a...
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Disability Rights: Do We Really Mean It?

Amundson, Ron

Pages: 169 –182

[This chapter will argue that the disability rights (DR) movement has a much lower level of acceptance than other civil rights movements, especially within the academy. This is true even though the other movements are regarded (at least by disability rights advocates) as similar in nature. By...

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