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The Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability*
Author(s) -
KITTAY EVA FEDER
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00473.x
Subject(s) - dignity , autonomy , dependency (uml) , independence (probability theory) , economic justice , subject (documents) , ethics of care , psychology , personal autonomy , social psychology , sociology , law and economics , law , political science , computer science , statistics , mathematics , library science , software engineering
According to the most important theories of justice, personal dignity is closely related to independence, and the care that people with disabilities receive is seen as a way for them to achieve the greatest possible autonomy. However, human beings are naturally subject to periods of dependency, and people without disabilities are only “temporarily abled.” Instead of seeing assistance as a limitation, we consider it to be a resource at the basis of a vision of society that is able to account for inevitable dependency relationships between “unequals” ensuring a fulfilling life both for the carer and the cared for.**