Cognitive Disability and The Ethics of Care

Justifying Dependency as A Moral Claim in Relational Justice

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ID21731201
AuthorsChristopher Ryan Maboloc (0000-0001-7057-4032, Ateneo de Davao University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume23
Issue01
Publication date2022-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMALIM JURNAL PENGAJIAN UMUM ASIA TENGGARA (SEA JOURNAL OF GENERAL STUDIES) (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1511-8398 • E-ISSN: 2289-5183
PublisherPenerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM Press) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17576/malim-2022-2301-16
OpenAlexW4311446717
LanguageEN
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This study seeks to explain the importance of the ethics of care in making society just and equal. It attempts to respond to the exclusion of persons with disability. Using the interpretive method, this paper asks about society’s ethical obligations to persons with cognitive disability. It argues that the idea of cash enhancement is not enough. Caring for persons with mental impairment requires the deep type of commitment that can only be founded in unconditional love and care. That justice is relational means that the child with autism requires the full attention of parents and the support of the state. But there is a gap since human society is reluctant to embrace the fact that there are persons who are dependent for life. The aim of this investigation is to argue that dependency on the part of individuals with cognitive disability is a morally justifiable claim that is rooted in the value of love and care as critical elements in the relational dimension of justice Keywords : Ethics of Care ; Cognitive Disability; Dependency; Relational Justice; Autism

Autism · Cognition · Cognitive dimensions of notations · Cognitive disabilities · Developmental psychology · Economic Justice · Ethics of care · Feminist ethics · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Marriage and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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