Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 19, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780312234607
Subjects: Handicapped; Mental Health; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Medical-Mental Health; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Handicapped; Social Science-Handicapped; Applied Ethics; Sociology Of The Mentally And Physically Challenged; Social Science; Mental retardation; Moral and ethical aspects; People with mental disabilitie; People with mental disabilities; Sociology
First sentence: Philosophical scepticism about the personhood of the mentally handicapped can be found explicit or implicit in a wide range of recent moral philosophy.