Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medicalhistorians, and prominent moral philosophers, CognitiveDisability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses theethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, andmeta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability * Features essays by a prominent clinicians and medicalhistorians of cognitive disability, and prominent contemporaryphilosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and PeterSinger * Represents the first collection that brings togetherphilosophical discussions of Alzheimer's disease, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and autism under therubric of cognitive disability * Offers insights into categories like Alzheimer's, mentalretardation, and autism, as well as issues such as care, personhood, justice, agency, and responsibility