The Social Model of Impairment : An Exposition and a Critique
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00144383" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00144383 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ethical-perspectives" target="_blank" >https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ethical-perspectives</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/EP.32.1.3294142" target="_blank" >10.2143/EP.32.1.3294142</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Social Model of Impairment : An Exposition and a Critique
Original language description
This paper presents a critique of the social model of impairment. It situates the social model of impairment within the broader framework of the social model of disability, where the distinction between disability and impairment originates. The paper begins by outlining the social model of disability and contrasting it with the individual (medical) model. It then offers an initial critique of the social model. Subsequently, two strategies employed to defend the social model are analysed. The first strategy posits that critiques of the social model arise from misinterpretations; however, this paper argues that such an approach reduces substantive issues to mere semantic debates. The second strategy, which serves as the primary focus of this paper, asserts that both disability and impairment are socially constructed. This argument is critiqued on the grounds that it relies on inconclusive evidence and, if accepted, would lead to nihilistic implications, ultimately undermining the moral responsibility of able-bodied individuals to support those with severe disabilities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA25-15975S" target="_blank" >GA25-15975S: Identity Politics – Metaphysics and Epistemology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
ISSN
1370-0049
e-ISSN
1783-1431
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
BE - BELGIUM
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
25-55
UT code for WoS article
001553755000002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105011146350