Disability, Difference, Discrimination Perspectives on Justice in Bioethics and Public Policy
by Silvers, Anita; Wasserman, David; Mahowald, Mary B.; Becker, Lawrence C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-14
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. In this compelling book, three experts in ethics, medicine, and the law address pressing disability questions in bioethics and public policy. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary B. Mahowald test important theories of justice by bringing them to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability. They do so in the light of recent advances in feminist, minority, and cultural studies, and of the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act.
Author Biography
Anita Silvers is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University David Wasserman is research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland Mary B. Mahowald is professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago Lawrence C. Becker is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor in the Humanities (Philosophy) at the College of William and Mary
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Formal Justice | p. 13 |
| Distributive Justice | p. 147 |
| A Feminist Standpoint | p. 209 |
| Response | p. 253 |
| Silvers on Wasserman and Mahowald | |
| Wasserman on Silvers and Mahowald | |
| Mahowald on Silvers and Wasserman | |
| Afterword: Disability, Strategic Action, and Reciprocity | p. 293 |
| Bibliography | p. 305 |
| Index | p. 329 |
| About the Authors | p. 343 |
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