ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on accounts of justice and how they stem from the liberal concept of a citizen that emphasizes reason or some level of cognitive ability as a pre-requisite. All of these accounts fail to include people with cognitive disabilities, at best providing protections and rights for people with cognitive disability by proxy. Kittay challenges this notion, arguing that justice that entails obligation versus kindness, which is a volitional non-obligatory act is necessary for the protection and inclusion of people with cognitive disabilities in society.
