Philosophical Reflections on Disability

• Concepts and Theories of Disability.- Introduction: Philosophical Reflections on Disability.- An Essay on Modeling: The Social Model of Disability.- Ability, Competence and Qualification: Fundamental Concepts in the Philosophy of Disability.- Disability and Medical Theory.- Disability, Quality of Life, and Bioethics.- Utilitarianism, Disability, and Society.- Too Late to Matter? Preventing the Birth of Infants at Risk for Adult-Onset Disease or Disability.- To Fail to Enhance is to Disable.- Rehabilitating Aristotle: A Virtue Ethics Approach to Disability and Human Flourishing.- Disability, Social Justice, and Public Policy.- Equal Treatment for Disabled Persons: The Case of Organ Transplantation.- Disability Rights: Do We Really Mean It?.- Dignity, Disability, Difference, and Rights.- Public Policy and Personal Aspects of Disability.- Disability and Social Justice.- The Unfair and the Unfortunate: Some Brief Critical Reflections on Secular Moral Claim Rights for the Disabled.- Personal Voices.- Neither Victims Nor Heroes: Reflections from a Polio Person.

From the reviews: "The volume at hand, edited by D. Christopher Ralston and Justin Ho ... draws together some of the leading figures in medical ethics and bioethics. It seeks to offer a sample of competing theoretical and philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability by different scholars including Christopher Boorse, Anita Silvers, H. Tristam Engelhardt Jr, and Ron Amundson. ... it is a worthwhile addition to the flourishing literature in the philosophy of disability and an invaluable read for all those interested in philosophical issues around disability." (Franziska Felder, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 14, 2011)