Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a 
social phenomenon- a way of being a minority, a way of facing social 
oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse 
off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights 
and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect 
with the way disability is typically viewed within analytic 
philosophy. The idea that disability is not inherently bad or 
sub-optimal is one that many philosophers treat with open skepticism, 
and sometimes even with scorn. The goal of this book is to articulate 
and defend a version of the view of disability that is common in the 
Disability Rights movement. 

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