Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Eva Feder Kittay editor Licia Carlson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:14th May '10

Should be back in stock very soon

Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy cover

Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medical historians, and prominent moral philosophers, Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses the ethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, and meta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability

  • Features essays by a prominent clinicians and medical historians of cognitive disability, and prominent contemporary philosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and Peter Singer
  • Represents the first collection that brings together philosophical discussions of Alzheimer's disease, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and autism under the rubric of cognitive disability
  • Offers insights into categories like Alzheimer's, mental retardation, and autism, as well as issues such as care, personhood, justice, agency, and responsibility

"Contemporary moral philosophers, clinicians, and medical historians discuss ethical questions related to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and Alzheimer's disease, and look at how cognitive disability forces us to reexamine the concept of personhood." (Book News, September 2010)

ISBN: 9781405198288

Dimensions: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm

Weight: 508g

442 pages