Arguing about Disability: Philosophical Perspectives

Introduction: The Unavoidable Alliance of Disability Studies and Philosophy - Simo Vehmas, Kristjana Kristiansen and Tom Shakespeare  Part 1: Metaphysics  1. Social Justice and Disability: Competing Interpretations of the Medical and Social Models - Steven R. Smith  2. Definitions of Disability: Ethical and Other Values - Steven D. Edwards  3. The Ontology of Disability and Impairment: A Discussion of the Natural and Social Features - Simo Vehmas and Pekka Mäkelä  4. Disability and the Thinking Body - Jackie Leach Scully  Part 2: Political Philosophy  1. Personhood and the Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities: A Recognition-Theoretical Approach - Heikki Ikäheimo  2. Disability and Freedom - Richard Hull  3. Disability, Non-Talent and Distributive Justice - Jerome E. Bickenbach  4. Gender, Disability and Personal Identity: Moral and Political Problems in Community Thinking - Tuija Takala  Part 3: Ethics  1. Cochlear Implants, Linguistic Rights, and ‘Open Future’ Arguments - Patrick Kermit  2. The Moral Contestedness of Selecting ‘Deaf Embryos’ - Matti Häyry  3. The Role of Medical Experts in Shaping Disability Law - Lindsey Brown  4. Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome: Why We Shouldn’t? - Berge Solberg  5. Biopolitics and Bare Life: Does the Impaired Body Provide Contemporary Examples of Homo Sacer? - Donna Reeve