Intellectual Disability by Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith - 9780470674321

Intellectual DisabilityEthics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community\nAuthor(s): Heather Keith, Kenneth D. Keith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780470674321, 978-0470674321\nSynopsis\nIntellectual 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.\nExamines 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