Disability and the Good Human Life (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107027187 ISBN 13: 9781107027183

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This collection of original essays, from both established scholars and newcomers, takes up a recent debate in philosophy, sociology, and disability studies on whether disability is intrinsically a harm that lowers a person's quality of life. While this is a new question in disability scholarship, it also touches on one of the oldest philosophical questions: what is the good human life? Historically, philosophers have not been interested in the topic of disability, and when they are it is usually only in relation to questions such as euthanasia, abortion, or the moral status of disabled people. Consequently disability has been either ignored by moral and political philosophers or simply equated with a bad human life, a life not worth living. This collection takes up the challenge that disability poses to basic questions of political philosophy and bioethics, among others, by focusing on fundamental issues and practical implications of the relationship between disability and the good human life.

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About the Authors

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107027187
• ISBN 13: 9781107027183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 337
• Editor: Bickenbach Jerome E., Felder Franziska, Schmitz Barbara