Chapter Disabilities and wellbeing
This chapter argues for a normative distinction between disabilities that are inherently negative with respect to wellbeing and disabilities that are inherently neutral with respect to wellbeing. First, after clarifying terms I discuss recent arguments according to which possession of a disability i...
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| description | This chapter argues for a normative distinction between disabilities that are inherently negative with respect to wellbeing and disabilities that are inherently neutral with respect to wellbeing. First, after clarifying terms I discuss recent arguments according to which possession of a disability is inherently neutral with respect to wellbeing. I note that though these arguments are compelling, they are only intended to cover certain disabilities, and in fact there exists a broad class regarding which they do not apply. In section three I discuss two such problem cases: Locked-in Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State. In section four I explain why these are cases in which possession of the disability makes one worse off overall. I do so by explicating the notion of control over one’s situation. I argue that disabilities that significantly impair control over one’s own situation – e.g., Locked-in Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State – strongly tend to be inherently negative with respect to wellbeing, while disabilities that do not strongly tend to be inherently neutral. The upshot is that we must draw an important normative distinction between disabilities that undermine this kind of control, and disabilities that do not. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-840622025-01-29T07:24:14Z Chapter Disabilities and wellbeing Shepherd, Joshua wellbeing, Minimally Conscious State, Locked-in Syndrome, control over one’s situation This chapter argues for a normative distinction between disabilities that are inherently negative with respect to wellbeing and disabilities that are inherently neutral with respect to wellbeing. First, after clarifying terms I discuss recent arguments according to which possession of a disability is inherently neutral with respect to wellbeing. I note that though these arguments are compelling, they are only intended to cover certain disabilities, and in fact there exists a broad class regarding which they do not apply. In section three I discuss two such problem cases: Locked-in Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State. In section four I explain why these are cases in which possession of the disability makes one worse off overall. I do so by explicating the notion of control over one’s situation. I argue that disabilities that significantly impair control over one’s own situation – e.g., Locked-in Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State – strongly tend to be inherently negative with respect to wellbeing, while disabilities that do not strongly tend to be inherently neutral. The upshot is that we must draw an important normative distinction between disabilities that undermine this kind of control, and disabilities that do not. 2022-06-10T04:48:16Z 2022-06-10T04:48:16Z 2022-06-09T12:04:46Z 2018 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56695 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84062 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56695/1/Bookshelf_NBK540247.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56695/1/Bookshelf_NBK540247.pdf Oxford University Press db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome 12 open access |
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