Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community

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 perspectivePresents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilitiesIncludes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate argumentsReveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability Read more