The Faces of Intellectual Disability Philosophical Reflections

• Main Authors: Carlson, Licia, Diedrich, Lisa
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 2010
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Ethics; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Mental retardation; People with mental disabilities; PHILOSOPHY; Social aspects

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...