| Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Byrne, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333801164 ISBN-13: 9780333801161 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Medical | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 362.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 175 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
