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Disablement and personal identity.

Steven D Edwards1

  • 1Centre for Philosophy & Healthcare, University of Wales, Swansea, 7th Floor Vivian building, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK. s.d.edwards@swansea.ac.uk

Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy
|November 8, 2006
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Disability can be an essential part of personal identity. Traditional identity theories exclude this, but a narrative identity approach shows how disability can be identity-constituting.

Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Personal Identity
  • Disability Studies
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • The concept of personal identity over time is central to philosophical discussions.
  • Traditional views often restrict identity-constituting properties to essential characteristics.
  • Disability is frequently viewed as a contingent, rather than essential, human characteristic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the philosophical claim that disability can be identity-constituting.
  • To challenge traditional philosophical constraints on personal identity.
  • To propose an alternative framework for understanding identity in relation to disability.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of traditional theories of personal identity over time.
  • Exploration of the concept of narrative identity.

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  • Development of an alternative account of identity based on five features of personal existence.

    • Main Results:

    • Traditional identity theories, focusing on essential properties, deem the 'identity claim' (disability as identity-constituting) false.
    • The proposed narrative identity framework accommodates disability as an identity-constituting property.
    • The alternative account supports the validity of the 'identity claim'.

    Conclusions:

    • Disability can be considered an identity-constituting aspect of a person.
    • A narrative approach to personal identity offers a more inclusive model.
    • Philosophical accounts of identity need to be re-evaluated to include lived experiences of disability.