Introduction: Rethinking philosophical presumptions in light of cognitive disability

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 307-330

  Carlson, Licia ^a   Kittay, Eva Feder ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Alzheimer's disease; Americans with Disabilities Act; Animal rights; Autism; Autonomy; Capability theory; Care; Cognitive disability; Cognitive enhancement; Cognitive impairment; Discrimination; Guardianship; Intellectual and developmental disability; John Rawls; Justice; Mental retardation; Metaphilosophy; Moral status; Normalcy; Personhood; Progressive dementia; Racism; Social model of disability, bioethics; Speciesism; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349600482     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2009.01609.x     Document Type: Review

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