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Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap

By Peter Byrne (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2000
ISBN
978-1-349-42098-8, 978-0-230-59937-6, 978-0-312-23460-7
DOI
10.1057/9780230599376
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2709768 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 175\189
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Ethics; Moral Philosophy

Description

This book examines a range of important conceptual, ethical, social and religious issues arising from mental handicap. It contains a vigorous defence of the contention that mentally handicapped human beings are persons. It attacks both the contemporary philosophical attempts to dismiss the personhood of mentally handicapped people and the genocidal policies which those attempts suggest. It explores the logic of the attitudes which have lead to the marginalisation and oppression of the mentally handicapped.

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