The Minority Body notes

In these notes, all the topics in the 'Disability' part of the Applied Ethics module are covered including outlines of various accounts of disability and evaluation of these, as well as debates regarding the value of disability. Naturalistic Accounts (inc. Species-Norm, Negative Departure from Norm) Social Constructionist Accounts (inc. Social Model, Social Exclusion Model) Solidarity Account (Elizabeth Barnes) Marginalised Functioning Bad-Difference View Mere-Difference View / Value-N...

Notes on the various social constructionist accounts of disability including: The Social Model The Social Exclusion Model Haslangerian Account of Disability Barnes' Solidarity Account Marginalised Functioning

Does disability have a value? Is it always a bad thing? If it has some negative consequences, but is not overall bad is it a bad-difference or a mere-difference? These notes cover: Bad-Difference views of disability - Impact of disability on wellbeing - Objections Mere-Difference view of disability - Local/global goods and bads - Good / bad / neutral simplicter - Barnes' Value-Neutral model - Evaluation Issues of Causing & Removing Disability in relation to the value of disabili...

In these notes, all the topics in the 'Disability' part of the Applied Ethics module are covered including outlines of various accounts of disability and evaluation of these, as well as debates regarding the value of disability. Naturalistic Accounts (inc. Species-Norm, Negative Departure from Norm) Social Constructionist Accounts (inc. Social Model, Social Exclusion Model) Solidarity Account (Elizabeth Barnes) Marginalised Functioning Bad-Difference View Mere-Difference View / Value-N...

Notes on the various social constructionist accounts of disability including: The Social Model The Social Exclusion Model Haslangerian Account of Disability Barnes' Solidarity Account Marginalised Functioning

Does disability have a value? Is it always a bad thing? If it has some negative consequences, but is not overall bad is it a bad-difference or a mere-difference? These notes cover: Bad-Difference views of disability - Impact of disability on wellbeing - Objections Mere-Difference view of disability - Local/global goods and bads - Good / bad / neutral simplicter - Barnes' Value-Neutral model - Evaluation Issues of Causing & Removing Disability in relation to the value of disabili...