Valorizing dependence: inclusion of the disabled in theories of justice
| dc.contributor.author | Harms, Jesse | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Mahrenholz, Simone (Philosophy) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Hansen, Nancy (Disability Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | McArthur, Neil (Philosophy) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-14T18:56:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-14T18:56:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2018-08-25T01:34:05Z | en |
| dc.degree.discipline | Philosophy | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Here I argue that dependence is the proper starting point for thinking about political personhood and justice. In pursuit of this idea, I examine three moments of the political that exemplify the connection shared, and supported, by persons by dint of being in society. These moments are dignity, care, and cooperation. I unpack the connection to dependence that everyone shares: the notion of dignity depends on others to make any sense at all; care is a ubiquitous fact of human existence, from infancy through to old age; the idea that cooperation is merely synonymous with “economic production” is flawed since a society is inherently relational, and other kinds of social product depend on a cooperation of a different sort. Given the idea that dependence is the shared characteristic of personhood sine qua non, I believe that we can ask more valuable questions, within which the interests and lives of the disabled are considered important and inextricably joined with the rest of the citizens in a just society. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | MLA | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/33388 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Disability | en_US |
| dc.subject | Equality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Justice | en_US |
| dc.title | Valorizing dependence: inclusion of the disabled in theories of justice | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |