Disability and disadvantage / edited by Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Cureton.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

xiv, 393 pages ; 24 cm

Assembly of philosophers who contributed to this collection, which is the product of two workshops held at the University of Manchester in May 2007 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in September 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The welfarist account of disability / Guy Kahane and Julian Savulescu -- Disability, adaptation, and inclusion / Norman Daniels, Susannah Rose, and Ellen Daniels Zide -- Vagaries of the natural lottery? Human diversity, disability, and justice: a capability perspective / Lorella Terzi -- Disability among equals / Jonathan Wolff -- An inclusive contractualism : obligations to the mentally disabled / Christie Hartley -- No talent? Beyond the worst off! A diverse theory of justice for disability / Anita Silvers -- Understanding autonomy in light of intellectual disability / Leslie P. Francis -- Respect without reason: relating to Alzheimer's / Douglas Maclean -- Radical cognitive limitation / Jeff McMahan -- Disability, discrimination, and irrelevant goods / F.M. Kamm -- Ethical constraints on allowing or causing the existence of people with disabilities / David Wasserman -- Impairment, flourishing, and the moral nature of parenthood / Rosalind McDougall -- Projected disability and parental responsibilities / Richard Hull.