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Philosophy and Medicine VOLUME 104 Founding Co-Editor Stuart F. Spicker

Senior Editor H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Department of Philosophy, Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Associate Editor Lisa M. Rasmussen, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina Editorial Board George J. Agich, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Nicholas Capaldi, College of Business Administration, Loyola University, New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana Edmund Erde, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey Christopher Tollefsen, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., President Loyola University, New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

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PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON DISABILITY Edited by

D. CHRISTOPHER RALSTON Rice University, Houston, TX, USA and

JUSTIN HO Berkeley School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Editors D. Christopher Ralston Rice University Dept. Philosophy 6100 S. Main Street MS14 Houston TX 77005-1892 USA [email protected]

Justin Ho Berkeley School of Law 215 Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 USA [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-2476-3 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2477-0 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2477-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009929305 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: Boekhorst Design b.v. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

This project draws together the various strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. The volume first of all seeks to offer a representative sampling of competing philosophical/theoretical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such. This theoretical background serves as a crucial backdrop to the remainder of the book, which addresses such themes as (1) the complex interplay between disability and quality-of-life considerations, (2) questions of social justice as it relates to disability, and (3) the personal dimensions of the disability experience. Consistent with these general themes, the primary goal of the volume is to bring together a collection of essays by important scholars in the fields of moral theory, bioethics, and disability studies to address such specific questions as the following: • What is the best way to conceptualize disability or theorize about