Philosophical and ethical problems in mental handicap / Peter Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, Peter, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities.

Intellectual disability--Moral and ethical aspects.

Intellectual disability.

Physical Description:

xiii, 175 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book examines a range of important conceptual, ethical, social, and religious issues arising from mental handicap. It contains a vigorous defense 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 marginalization and oppression of the mentally handicapped.

Contents:

1 The Philosophical Problem 1

2 Defining Mental Handicap 16

3 The Moral Status of the Cognitively Disabled 45

4 Euthanasia, Abortion and Genocide 74

5 Cognitive Disability and Oppression 103

6 Theological and Religious Issues 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.

ISBN:

0333801164

0312234600

OCLC:

43567320