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The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement

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Editors:
  1. Jessica Flanigan

    1. Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Richmond, USA

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  2. Terry L. Price

    1. Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Richmond, USA

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  • Unites the work of established and distinguished philosophers such as Matthew Liao, David Wasserman, and the next generation of bioethicists
  • Explores leaders' ethical responsibilities regarding health
  • Discusses ethical questions about identity, embodiment, discrimination, and accommodation, as well as questions concerning distributive justice and limitations on people’s medical rights

Part of the book series: Jepson Studies in Leadership (JSL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Ability and Enhancement

    • Jessica Flanigan
    Pages 1-6

  3. Ability in Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Theorizing About Human Capacity: A View from the Nineteenth Century

      • Sandra J. Peart, David M. Levy
      Pages 9-24

    3. A More “Inclusive” Approach to Enhancement and Disability

      • David Wasserman, Stephen M. Campbell
      Pages 25-38

  4. Disability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Disability and Doing Justice

      • Christopher A. Riddle
      Pages 41-55

    3. Disability, Well-Being, and (In)Apt Emotions

      • Dana Howard
      Pages 57-78

    4. Kantian Ethics, Well-Being, and Disability

      • Jessica Flanigan
      Pages 79-106

  5. Aging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Dementia, Advance Directives, and the Problem of Temporal Selfishness

      • Ryan W. Davis
      Pages 109-133

    3. How Old Is Old? Changing Conceptions of Old Age

      • Christine Overall
      Pages 135-152

  6. Enhancement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Why Parents Should Enhance Their Children

      • Christopher Freiman
      Pages 155-171

    3. Cosmopolitan Moral Enhancement

      • Javier Hidalgo
      Pages 173-196

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 197-203
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About this book

This book explores our ethical responsibilities regarding health in general and disabilities in particular. Disability studies and human enhancement stand out as two emerging areas of research in medical ethics, prompting debates into ethical questions of identity, embodiment, discrimination, and accommodation, as well as questions concerning distributive justice and limitations on people’s medical rights. Edited by two ethicist philosophers, this book combines their mastery of the theoretical debates surrounding disability and human enhancement with attention to real world questions that health workers and patients may face. By including a wide range of high-quality voices and perspectives, the book provides an invaluable resource for scholars who are working on this important and emerging area of leadership and health care ethics. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Richmond, USA

    Jessica Flanigan, Terry L. Price

About the editors

Jessica Flanigan is Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA. 

Terry L. Price is Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement

  • Editors: Jessica Flanigan, Terry L. Price

  • Series Title: Jepson Studies in Leadership

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95303-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95302-8Published: 20 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95790-3Published: 23 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95303-5Published: 17 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2945-7092

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-7106

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 203

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Business Ethics, Health Care Management

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