Intellectual disability : ethics, dehumanization, and a new moral community / Heather E. Keith and Kenneth D. Keith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keith, Heather E.

Contributor:

Keith, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwight), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Cross-cultural studies.

People with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities--Social conditions.

Mental illness--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Cross-cultural studies.

Ethnopsychology--Cross-cultural studies.

Ethnopsychology.

Difference (Psychology)--Cross-cultural studies.

Difference (Psychology).

Group identity--Cross-cultural studies.

Group identity.

Social isolation--Cross-cultural studies.

Social isolation.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Contents:

Part I The Roots of Dehumanization 1

1 Intellectual Disability: History and Evolution of Definitions 3

2 The Social Construction of Purgatory: Ideas and Institutions 19

3 A Failure of Intelligence 37

4 The Consequences of Reason: Moral Philosophy and Intelligence 53

Part II Out of the Darkness 77

5 Defining the Person: The Moral and Social Consequences of Philosophies of Selfhood 79

6 Alternative Views of Moral Engagement: Relationality and Rationality 95

7 Culture and Intellectual Disability 116

Part III Disability Ethics for a New Age 131

8 Quality of Life and Perception of Self 133

9 Application and Best Practices: Rights, Education, and Ethics 151

10 Epilogue: Visions of the Future 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Keith, Heather E. Intellectual disability

ISBN:

9780470674321

0470674326

OCLC:

828722041