Doing ethics from experience
Pragmatic suggestions for a feminist disability advocate’s response to prenatal diagnosis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph A Stramondo (0000-0003-1890-7164, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 48-78 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.4.2.48 |
| OpenAlex | W1977036777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
While disability theory and feminist theory share a great deal in their methodology and could potentially share quite a bit in their political commitments, there is a tension or conflict between these two approaches as they evaluate prenatal diagnosis. For the feminist disability advocate, this can be thought of as a type of ideological double bind. This paper will dissolve this tension by way of John Dewey’s version of American pragmatism. First, I will map out the landscape of the prenatal diagnosis double bind by describing the skeptical disability arguments and supportive feminist arguments. Then, I will describe how Dewian pragmatism can dissolve the tension between disability advocacy and feminism by giving lived experience priority over absolutist ethical theories and recommending that we deliberately evolve our social institutions to work better in our social environment. Finally, I will suggest some reforms of the social institutions surrounding prenatal diagnosis, taking into account the interests of people with disabilities, caregivers who tend to be female, and pregnant women
Disability studies · Epistemology · Feminism · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Skepticism · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |