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Disability and the Good Human Life: (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series)
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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. Worked examples or Exercises
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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.
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- Contributor: Jerome E. Bickenbach
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781107545830
- Number of Pages: 342
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x228x18mm
- Packaged Weight: 490
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2015-07-30
- Series: Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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.
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