Freedom and the Handicapped
Possibility, Eligibility, Intention and Omission
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6345852 |
|---|---|
| Autores | R Budgen (Suffolk College of Higher and Further Education, autor correspondente), B Johnston (Suffolk College of Higher and Further Education) |
| Ano | 1983 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 264-274 |
| Data de publicação | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1983.tb01345.x |
| OpenAlex | W1975615868 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 2 |
| Referências citadas | 2 |
This paper is an attempt to apply an analysis of negative freedom to the position of handicapped people. Negative freedom is defined in terms of both possibility and eligibility of action and, in addition, the emphasis is placed upon the intention of human agents to restrict action (or the omission to prevent such restriction). This analysis of freedom is applied to the areas of prevention of handicap and the employment, access problems, and education of handicapped people in Britain. The conclusion is that, though we recognize that aspects of handicapping conditions inevitably restrict some activities, handicapped people are, either through intention or omission, less free than the able-bodied
Action (physics · Business · Freedom of choice · Law and economics · Political science · Position (finance · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Discrimination and Equality Law · Law · Legal and Social Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,05 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1984 - 1986 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 2 |