Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community
- ISBN-10
- 1118586441
- ISBN-13
- 9781118586440
- Series
- Intellectual Disability
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-03-15
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith
Description
Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability
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