Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 1444322796
ISBN-13 : 9781444322798
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Book Synopsis Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy by : Eva Feder Kittay

Download or read book Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy written by Eva Feder Kittay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medicalhistorians, and prominent moral philosophers, CognitiveDisability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses theethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, andmeta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability Features essays by a prominent clinicians and medicalhistorians of cognitive disability, and prominent contemporaryphilosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and PeterSinger Represents the first collection that brings togetherphilosophical discussions of Alzheimer's disease,intellectual/developmental disabilities, and autism under therubric of cognitive disability Offers insights into categories like Alzheimer's, mentalretardation, and autism, as well as issues such as care,personhood, justice, agency, and responsibility


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