Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap by Byrne, P.

Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780312234607)

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Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap by Byrne, P.

Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap

$109.99
Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap by Byrne, P.

Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap

$109.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: P. Byrne
ISBN-10: 0312234600
ISBN-13: 9780312234607
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2000
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1094
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 116
Choice 06/01/2008 pg. 1682
By P. Byrne
By P. Byrne
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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.

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