Intellectual Disability
Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Special Education, Learning Disabled
| Author: | Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith | ISBN: | 9781118586440 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | March 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith |
| ISBN: | 9781118586440 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | March 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities.
- Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective
- Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities
- Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments
- Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability
Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities.
- Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective
- Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities
- Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments
- Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability
