This volume offers a collection of writings on ethical issues regarding retarded persons. Because this important subject has been generally omitted from formal discussions of ethics, there is a great deal which needs to be addressed in a theoretical and critical way. Of course, many people have been very concerned with practical matters concerning the care of retarded persons such as what liberties, entitlements or advocacy they should have. Interestingly, because so much practical attention has been given to issues which are not discussed by ethical theorists, they offer a rare opportunity to evaluate ethical theories themselves. That is, certain theories which appear convincing on other subjects seem implausible when they are applied to reasoned and com pelling views we hold concerning retarded individuals. Our subject, then, has both practical and conceptual dimensions. More over, because it is one where pertinent information comes from many sources, contributors to this volume represent many fields, including philosophy, religion, history, law and medicine. We regret that it was not possible to include more points of view, like those of psychologists, sociologists, nurses and families. There is however, a good and longstanding literature on mental retardation from these perspectives.
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.12.2010

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Loretta M Kopelman; John C Moskop

J. C. Moskop, L. M. Kopelman

H. Tristram Engelhardt

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Philosophy and medicine, Dordrecht, Holland, Boston, ©2010

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984, 2010

Philosophy and medicine, Dordrecht, 1984

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Source title: Ethics and Mental Retardation (Philosophy and Medicine)

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Rights and Borderline Cases....Pages 3-17
Applying Moral Theory to the Retarded....Pages 19-35
Joseph Margolis, John Rawls, and the Mentally Retarded....Pages 37-42
Do the Retarded have a Right to be Eaten?....Pages 43-46
The Rights of the Retarded....Pages 47-56
Rights, Justice and the Retarded....Pages 57-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Respect and the Retarded: Issues of Valuing and Labeling....Pages 65-85
Person Ascriptions, Profound Disabilities and Our Self-Imposed Duties: A Reply to Loretta Kopelman....Pages 87-98
The World Gained and the World Lost: Labeling the Mentally Retarded....Pages 99-118
Labeling the Mentally Retarded: A Reply to Laurence B. McCullough....Pages 119-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Must God Create the Best?....Pages 127-140
Parenting, Bonding, and Valuing the Retarded....Pages 141-160
Responsibility for the Retarded: Two Theological Views....Pages 161-175
Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the Value of the Retarded: Responses to William F. May and John C. Moskop....Pages 177-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Legal Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons in Twentieth Century America....Pages 185-208
Examining Legal Restrictions on the Retarded....Pages 209-221
Who Speaks for the Retarded?....Pages 223-233
Commentary on David J. Rothman’s “Who Speaks for the Retarded”....Pages 235-242
Dilemmas in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit....Pages 243-245
Health Care, Needs and Rights of Retarded Persons....Pages 247-251
Back Matter....Pages 253-259

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