Volume 2, 2022
Kevin Timpe

Pages 157-184
https://doi.org/10.5840/jpd20226714
Cognitive Disabilities, Forms of Exclusion, and the Ethics of Social Interactions
Cognitively disabled individuals have been marginalized by our larger culture; they¡¯ve also been marginalized in philosophical discussions. This paper seeks to begin correcting this situation by examining how assumptions which shape our social interactions and expectations disadvantage individuals with a range of cognitive disabilities. After considering Rubella syndrome and autism in detail, I argue that we have a moral obligation to change how we approach social interactions with cognitively disabled individuals.