“Misfitting” and Friendship in the Virtuous Life
Neurodiversity and Moral Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22112341 |
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| Authors | Elizabeth Agnew Cochran (Duquesne University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 491-507 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23312521.2023.2261438 |
| OpenAlex | W4387020078 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
The self-reported experiences of autistic individuals invite ways of thinking about moral character and moral formation that challenge Christians to rethink a number of traditional claims regarding the virtues. This paper argues that attention to autism requires rethinking accounts of growth in virtue that depend on normative views of social interactions such as friendship. Drawing on scholarship in disability studies and testimony from autistic participants in an IRB-supported research study, I contend that the phenomenon of “misfitting” put forth in the work of Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Citation2011) plays a constructive and essential role in shaping virtuous character
Epistemology · Friendship · Normative · Psychoanalysis · Scholarship · Sociology · Virtue · Vision · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Family and Disability Support Research · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Exemplarist Moral Theory
Responsibility from the Margins
The Empathy Quotient
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The Minority Body
Construction of Rules, Accountability and Moral Identity by High-Functioning Children with Autism
Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity
Reflections on Autistic Love
Recovery stories
On the ontological status of autism
Crippled grace
Aristotelian Character Friendship as a ‘Method’ of Moral Education
Misfits
Autism
| Highly cited | No |
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