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Cliteur, Tália (2018)

Justice for the 'Mad'

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)

Mental disorders: living with it is a challenge in and of itself. But life with a mental illness is made even more difficult by systematic injustice sufferers have long faced. Political philosophy can give us an example of how to organise our societies, but often fails to address the struggles of the mentally ill. Can we find a politically philosophical theory that can explain how we should address problems regarding the ‘mad’?

Madness

Mental health

Justice

Mental illness

Psychology

Rawls

Nussbaum

Capabilities

Stigma

Mental disorders

Author

Cliteur, Tália

Note

Although I asked myself: “what does justice require with regard to the mentally ill?”, this is much too big of a research question, for now. My main research question for this thesis therefore shall be whether the Rawlsian approach to distributive justice is adequate in dealing with the specific problems of people with mental disorders.

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Philosophy, Politics and Economy

Supervisors

Verbeek, Bruno

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en