Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that Disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off.
Elizabeth Barnes argues that to be physically disabled is not to have a defective body, but simply to have a Minority body..
The goal of this book is to articulate and defend a version of the view of Disability that is common in the Disability Rights movement.
The idea that Disability is not inherently bad or sub-optimal is one that many philosophers treat with open skepticism, and sometimes even with scorn.
This is how Disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the way Disability is typically viewed within analytic philosophy.
Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that Disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off
