Intellectual disability
Subtitle: ethics, dehumanization, and a new moral community
By: Heather E. Keith, Green Mountain College, and Kenneth D. Keith, University of San Diego
Contributors: Keith, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwight), 1946-
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atrium, Sounthern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780470674321
Subjects: Ethnopsychology; Moral and ethical aspects; Social isolation; People with mental disabilities; Difference (Psychology); Mental illness; Cross-cultural studies; Group identity; Social conditions
Description: "Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. This book: Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective ; Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities ; Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments ; Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.