Disability, Difference, Discrimination

Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy

Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, Mary B. Mahowald (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

1999
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-8476-9222-4 (ISBN)

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How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled, and is a disabled person necessarily less independent and less competent than a person who is not disabled? This text addresses issues in bioethics including genetic discrimination and assisting death.

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. In this compelling book, three experts in ethics, medicine, and the law address pressing disability questions in bioethics and public policy. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary B. Mahowald test important theories of justice by bringing them to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability. They do so in the light of recent advances in feminist, minority, and cultural studies, and of the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act.

Anita Silvers is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. David Wasserman is a research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland. Mary B. Mahowald is professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago. Lawrence C. Becker is the William R. Kenan, Jr. professor in the humanities (philosophy) at The College of William and Mary.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 Formal Justice Chapter 3 2 Distributive Justice Chapter 4 3 A Feminist Standpoint Chapter 5 4 Response:Silvers on Wasserman and Mahowald; Wasserman on Silvers and Mahowald; Mahowald on Silvers and Wasserman Chapter 6 Afterword: Disability Chapter 7 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.1.1999
Reihe/Serie	Point/Counterpoint: Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues
Vorwort	Lawrence C. Becker
Zusatzinfo	bibliography
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	631 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8476-9222-1 / 0847692221
ISBN-13	978-0-8476-9222-4 / 9780847692224
Zustand	Neuware