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Book SynopsisAlthough undeniably subject to the coercive political institutions of a liberal state, citizens with cognitive disabilities have frequently and without justification been denied political equality and political liberty. Rather than opposing this treatment, philosophers have tacitly condoned it, often by silence, and other times by explicitly neglecting the concerns for justice that these citizens have. In Recognizing Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities, Kacey Brooke Warren searches for a theory of justice that can adequately address these concerns. Students and scholars of philosophy, political theory, and disability studies will benefit from Warren's discussion of four of the most influential contemporary theories of justice and her analysis of which of the four is most promising for extending political equality and political liberty to citizens with cognitive disabilities.
Trade ReviewIn this original and timely book, Kacey Brooke Warren focuses on the political epistemological question of how we can determine what justice requires for citizens with such cognitive disabilities as Down syndrome, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease. She assesses existing philosophical proposals by two standards: one is the Standard of Presumptive Political Equality; the other is the Liberal Standard of Justification, which requires any justice regime be acceptable to those who fall within its scope. Warren argues that the proposals offered by Rawls, Nussbaum, and Kittay fail these standards. However, she finds promise in Axel Honneth’s concept of differentiated recognition, and her conclusion builds on this concept to develop an innovative method of political justification based on trust and transparency. Recognizing Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities is an important contribution to a fast-growing philosophical literature on justice for people with cognitive disabilities. In particular, it offers a groundbreaking sustained examination of a crucial aspect of the issue that has not received the philosophical attention it deserves. -- Alison M. Jaggar, University of Colorado, Boulder
Table of ContentsChapter 1 What Does Justice Require For Citizens With Cognitive Disabilities? Chapter 2 Political Equality For Citizens With Cognitive Disabilities Chapter 3 Political Liberty and the Liberal Standard of Justification Chapter 4 Justice as Fairness and Equal Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities Chapter 5 Capabilities and Equal Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities Chapter 6 Care and Equal Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities Chapter 7 Differentiated Recognition and Equal Justice for Citizens with Cognitive Disabilities Chapter 8 Trust, Transparency and Transformation in Political Justification
