Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap
Published on 15. September 2000
Book
Hardback
XIII, 175 pages
978-0-312-23460-7 (ISBN)
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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Edition
2000 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIII, 175 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-23460-7 (9780312234607)
DOI
10.1057/9780230599376
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
09/2000
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
PETER BYRNE is a Lecturer teaching ethics and philosophy at King's College London. He is the author of a number of monographs in the philosophy of religion and in ethics. He has edited a series of books in medical ethics and been actively involved in debates in medical ethics in the United Kingdom. He is the editor of
Religious Studies
, one of the leading international journals in the philosophy of religion.
Content
Preface The Philosophical Problem Defining Mental Handicap The Moral Status of the Cognitive Disabled Euthanasia, Abortion and Genocide Cognitive Disability and Oppression Theological and Religious Issues Notes Bibliography Index