Carter, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-0683-3874 (Cover date: May 2023) Minority Minds: Mental Disability and the Presumption of Value Neutrality. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 40 (2). pp. 358-375. ISSN: 0264-3758
Abstract
Elizabeth Barnes has recently developed an account of disability that is sensitive to the role of self-evaluation. To have a physical disability is, according to Barnes, to have a body that is merely different from the norm. Yet, as Barnes notes, some disabilities will genuinely frustrate some life plans. It may be the case, therefore, that a disability is instrumentally bad for a person and that acquiring one may be a genuine loss. Equally, however, a person may genuinely value a disability such that it is instrumentally good for them and that they experience the acquiring of it as a gain. Notably, Barnes explicitly restricts this analysis to physical disabilities, leaving open the status of mental disabilities. Nevertheless, Barnes does not rule out the extension of her model to this category, and she expresses a desire to see future work on other disabilities built upon it. This article takes up this challenge, making the case that to possess a mental disability is merely to possess a minority mind.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
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Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2025 14:35 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2025 14:35 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/japp.12636 |
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