Valuing Profoundly Disabled People - Fellowship, Community and Ties of Birth

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities. Exploring the moral, social and political implications of this trend, Valuing Profoundly Disabled People addresses questions that are high on policy and practice agendas in numerous regions around the world, including the UK and the EU, the USA, and Australasia.

Sommario

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Our Fellow Creatures 3. Sharing in a Common Life 4. Respect and Identification 5. Human Dignity 6. Capability, Functioning and Freedom 7. Dependency 8. Citizenship: the Right to Vote 9. Our Fellow Creatures Revisited 10. Afterword Appendix: The Right to Vote: The United States and Australia Bibliography Index

Info autore

John Vorhaus is Professor of Moral and Educational Philosophy at University College London, Institute of Education, UK. His research focuses on the moral and political status of vulnerable groups of people, including people with disabilities and dementia. He published Giving Voice to Profound Disability in 2015 (Routledge).

Riassunto

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities. Exploring the moral, social and political implications of this trend, Valuing Profoundly Disabled People addresses questions that are high on policy and practice agendas in numerous regions around the world, including the UK and the EU, the USA, and Australasia.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Vorhaus, John (Institute of Education Vorhaus, Vorhaus John
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138888005
• ISBN: 978-1-138-88800-5
• Pagine: 160
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; MEDICAL / Public Health, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Personal & public health, Disability: social aspects, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Personal and public health / health education, Moral & social purpose of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability