Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

by Eva Feder Kittay (Editor), Licia Carlson (Editor)

Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medical historians, and prominent moral philosophers, Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses the ethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, and meta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability

Genres: Philosophy, Disability Studies, Disability, Nonfiction

442 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Eva Feder Kittay is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University/SUNY; a Senior Fellow of the Stony Brook Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, and an Affiliate of the Women's Studies Program. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEH Fellowship, and the APA and Phi Beta Kappa Lebowitz Prize. She has also been recognized for her work in Feminist Philosophy, being named Women Philosopher of the Year (2003-2004) by the Society for Women in Philosophy and having chaired the Committee on the Status of Women (1997-2001). Her book Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (Routledge, 1999) has received international attention and has been translated into Japanese and Italian. Her other work includes Cognitive Disability and the Challenge to Moral Philosophy (Blackwell, 2010), Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy (Blackwell, 2007), Theoretical Perspectives on Dependency and Women (Rowan and Littlefield, 2003), Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure (Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1987, 1985), an edited collection Frames, Fields and Contrasts (Erlbaum, 1992), and Women and Moral Theory (Rowan and Littlefield, 1985). She has edited many journal issues in feminist philosophy and the philosophy of disability and has published over 85 articles and book chapters.

She chairs and was a founder of Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute, a summer program for undergraduates who are from groups underrepresented in philosophy.

She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in philosophy and has directed many dissertations in feminist philosophy, feminist ethics, social and political theory, metaphor, and disability studies.

Reviews

[Hind · Rating 5 out of 5]

The intersection of personhood, morality and cognitive disability. Could they ever be reconciled ?
A great thought provoking read!

[Reichnekov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book consisting of relatively short essays with a variety of approaches to tackle various questions about moral philosophy.

[Zoi Abrazi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reason, in philosophical accounts, is generally taken to be the ground for human dignity, hence the special accord and moral status we attribute to humans.

Eva Feder Kittay;Licia Carlson. Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy (Kindle Locations 120-121). Kindle Edition.

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