Artikelomschrijving

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. * 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