
It is not a book for a generalist audience, but could work quite readily in both undergraduate and graduate courses. It is a thoughtful, thorough, and rigorous argument that nevertheless has an accessible style. it remains to be seen where the debate goes next, but wherever it goes, future discussion will need to engage with the work of Elizabeth Barnes. Barnes has brought a new level of precision to a popular slogan and has then set about defending it with all the familiar tools of contemporary analytic philosophy. ( Elena Fell and Natalia Lukianova, The Philosophical Quarterly)Įlizabeth Barnes has written an interesting and important book about disability. ( Tessa-May Zirnsak, Metapsychology Online Reviews)Įlizabeth Barnes' new book offers a much-needed philosophical discussion of disability capitalizing on relevant research in bioethics, feminist philosophy and disability studies.

I would enthusiastically recommend this text to anyone interested in disability and philosophy, and especially to those new to philosophy. I am happy to unequivocally say that this text makes a fascinating and groundbreaking contribution to feminist and disability philosophy.
