Disability and the Good Human Life

Informationen zum Autor Jerome E. Bickenbach is the leader of the Disability Policy Unit and professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy at the University of Lucerne and Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland. Franziska Felder is a lecturer in education at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and a visiting scholar at University College London. Barbara Schmitz is an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Klappentext These original essays focus on fundamental issues and practical implications of the relationship between disability and the good human life. Zusammenfassung This collection of original essays! from both established scholars and newcomers! takes up the challenge that disability poses to basic questions of political philosophy and bioethics! among others! by focusing on fundamental issues as well as practical implications of the relationship between disability and the good human life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Moral worth and severe intellectual disability - a hybrid view Simo Vehmas and Ben Curtis; 2. 'Something else?' - cognitive disability and the human form of life Barbara Schmitz; 3. Disability (not) as a harmful condition: the received view challenged Thomas Schramme; 4. Nasty, brutish and short? On the predicament of disability and embodiment Tom Shakespeare; 5. Recognizing disability Halvor Hanish; 6. Understanding the relationship between disability and well-being David Wasserman and Adrienne Asch; 7. Disability and the wellbeing agenda Jerome Bickenbach; 8. Disability and quality of life: an Aristotelian discussion Hans S. Reinders; 9. Living a good life...in adult-size diapers Anna Stubblefield; 10. Ill, but well: a phenomenology of wellbeing in chronic illness Havi Carel; 11. Natural diversity and justice for people with disabilities Christopher A. Riddle; 12. Inclusion and the good human life Franziska Felder.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr. Jerome E. Felder Bickenbach, Jerome E. Bickenbach
• Con la collaborazione di: Dr. Jerome E. Bickenbach (Editore), Jerome E. Bickenbach (Editore), Franziska Felder (Editore), Felder Franziska (Editore), Barbara Schmitz (Editore), Schmitz Barbara (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107545830
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54583-0
• Pagine: 342
• Serie: Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series; Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Law, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, Ethics and moral philosophy, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Law & society, Disability & The Law, Disability and the law