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Learning from my daughter : the value and care of disabled minds / / Eva Feder Kittay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kittay, Eva Feder, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kittay, Eva Feder--Family.
- Kittay, Eva Feder.
- Children with disabilities--United States.
- Children with disabilities.
- Child rearing--United States.
- Child rearing.
- Values--United States.
- Values.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 276 pages)
- Other Title:
- Value and care of disabled minds
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Disability offers a significant challenge to long-held philosophical views of the nature of the good life, what offers meaning in our lives, the importance of care, & the centrality of reason, as well as questions of justice, dignity, & personhood. In this work, the author claims that living with a daughter who has multiple & significant disabilities, including cognitive disabilities, has been transformative for thinking about her training, career & research as a philosopher. Interweaving the personal voice with the philosophical, the text argues that cognitive disability should reorient us to what truly matters; raises the question of whether normalcy is necessary for a good life; & considers the ethical questions regarding prenatal testing & what it implies for understanding disability, the family, & ethically informed bioethics.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Singing with Sesha / Susan J. Brison
- Part I Learning to become a humbler philosopher. On what matters/not ; The new normal and a good life ; A meditation on normalcy inspired by Camus's The Rebel
- Part II Choosing children and the limits of planning. The limits of choice ; The ethics of prenatal testing and selection ; How not to argue for selective reproductive procedures ; Addendum: Mother's choice
- Part III Care in philosophy, disability, and ethics. Dependency and disability ; An ethics of care ; The completion of care- The normativity of care ; Forever small: The strange case of Ashley X
- Afterword: My daughter's body- A meditation on soul.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-084462-0
- 0-19-084463-9
- 0-19-084461-2
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