Intellectual disability : ethics, dehumanization, and a new moral community / Heather E. Keith and Kenneth D. Keith. [electronic resource] Keith, Heather E. Keith, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwight), 1946- People with mental disabilities Cross-cultural studies. People with mental disabilities Social conditions. Mental illness Moral and ethical aspects. Mental illness Cross-cultural studies. Ethnopsychology Cross-cultural studies. Difference (Psychology) Cross-cultural studies. Group identity Cross-cultural studies. Social isolation Cross-cultural studies. HV3004 305.9/085 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. "Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. This book: Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational perspective ; Presents a coherent, sustained moral perspective in examining the historical dehumanization of people with diminished cognitive abilities ; Includes a series of narratives and case descriptions to illustrate arguments ; Reveals the importance of an interdisciplinary understanding of the social construction of intellectual disability."--Publisher's website. 2013 Text 1 online resource. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118606957 eng Intellectual disability. Intellectual disability.