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

Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349420988)

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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: Paperback
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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: 1349420980
ISBN-13: 9781349420988
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2000
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
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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