The personal is philosophical is political: A philosopher and mother of a cognitively disabled person sends notes from the battlefield

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 606-627

  Kittay, Eva Feder ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Care; Cognitive disability; Intellectual disability; Justice; Mental retardation; Motherhood; Personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349595653     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2009.01600.x     Document Type: Review

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