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276 pages 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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What gives our life meaning? What is a good life? How should we treat each other? Disability offers a powerful challenge to long-held philosophical views about the nature of the good life, what provides meaning in our lives, and the centrality of reason, as well as to questions of justice, dignity, and personhood. In Learning from My Daughter, Eva Feder Kittay grapples with just how we need to revisit core philosophical ideas in light of disabled people's experiences and ways of being in the world. An award-winning philosopher who is also the mother to a multiply disabled daughter, Kittay interweaves the personal voice with the philosophical as a critical method of philosophical investigation. She addresses why cognitive disability can reorient us to what truly matters, and questions the centrality of normalcy as part of a good life. With sensitivity and insight, Kittay examines other difficulty topics: How can we look at the ethical questions regarding prenatal testing in light of a new appreciation of the personhood of disabled people? What do new possibilities in genetic testing imply for understanding disability, the family, and bioethics? How can we reconsider the importance of care? In the process of pursuing these questions, Kittay articulates an ethic of care, claiming that it is the ethical theory most useful for asserting full rights for disabled people to live joyful and fulfilling lives, as well as for understanding how to treat each other with care and respect given our interdependence. Learning from My Daughter both imparts lessons that advocate on behalf of those with significant disabilities, and constructs a moral theory grounded on our ability to give, receive, and share care and love. Above all, it aims to adjust social attitudes and misconceptions about life with disability. -- From dust jacket |
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Barn med funktionsnedsättning
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Värderingar
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Attityder
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Omvårdnad
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Child rearing.
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Children with disabilities.
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Values.
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United States.
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| Classmark |
362.4/043092
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| Alt Auth |
Brison, Susan J.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780190844608 hardcover |
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