Thinking about the Good: Reconfiguring Liberal Metaphysics (or Not) for People with Cognitive Disabilities

Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 237-259

  Francis, Leslie P ^a   Silvers, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liberal theory, for principles of justice intersection of individual rational agents' ideas of their good; Liberalism's toleration of differences ideas about people's good nourishing a receptivity, inclusion of people; Nussbaum, bringing metaphysics threshold levels of capabilities for people with cognitive disabilities; Paternalism, to encourage people with cognitive disabilities to live independently in community; People differing in capacities to conceptualize styles of conceptualization and skills in applying or realizing ideas; Powers of self origination and self authentication; Rawlsian political liberalism; Straitened thinking about the good liberal tolerance about substance of good; Thinking about the good reconfiguring liberal metaphysics for people with cognitive disabilities; Traditional liberal theory, been inattentive calling for respect for difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868109670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444322781.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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