The Faces of Intellectual Disability : Philosophical Reflections /

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In a challenge to current thinking about cognitive impairment, this book explores what it means to treat people with intellectual disabilities in an ethical manner. Reassessing philosophical views of intellectual disability, Licia Carlson shows how we can affirm the dignity and worth of intellectual...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carlson, Licia, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Intellectual disability > Philosophy.
Intellectual disability > Social aspects.
People with mental disabilities.
Intellectual disability.
Philosophy.
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Ethics
Intellectual Disability
Philosophy
Déficience intellectuelle > Philosophie.
Déficience intellectuelle > Aspect social.
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle.
Déficience intellectuelle.
Philosophie.
mentally handicapped.
intellectual disability.
philosophy.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
Intellectual disability
Intellectual disability > Social aspects
People with mental disabilities
Geistige Behinderung
Philosophie
Geestelijk gehandicapten.
Filosofische aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • The institutional world of intellectual disability
  • Twin brothers : the "idiot" and the institution
  • Gendered objects, gendered subjects
  • Analytic interlude
  • The philosophical world of intellectual disability
  • The face of authority
  • The face of the beast
  • The face of suffering.

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