Disability : definitions, value and identity /: definitions, value and identity. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven D. Edwards.
• Authors: Edwards, Steven D, 1957-
• Contents: Part 1: Defining disablement: why bother. The ICIDH. The UPIAS. Nordenfelt's theory. Harris's theory. The ICF. Part 2: Disablement and the idea of a good human life: Termination of pregnancy and the idea of a good life. A hedonistic theory of the good life. Preference satisfaction as the good life. An objective goods theory. A critique of 'maximising' approaches to the question of capacity to lead a good life. Part 3: Disablement and the person: three philosophical theories of the person & their implications for disablement. Persons and human beings. Disablement and personal identity. Narrative identity and disablement. Five structuring concepts of personal existence. Disablement and the five concepts. The expressivist objection. Overall conclusion.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.908; Disabilities; People with disabilities -- Psychology; People with disabilities -- Social conditions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000947496
• Related ISBNs: 9781000940817
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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