Adam Cureton, Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy, has published a new book titled Respecting Disability. 

Cureton, the director of undergraduate studies in philosophy, researches ethics, political philosophy, Kant, and the philosophy of disability. Drawing on his own experiences as a legally blind person, Cureton’s book focuses on why expressing respect for disabled people is important, and how some benevolent attitudes towards disabled people can be morally problematic. It explains the moral hardships disabled people face, and explores how those who are disabled can understand themselves and maintain self-respect in a challenging social climate. 

The book was published by Oxford University Press in November of 2025.

by Sloan Docekal