"Philosophy." . . "Medical ethics." . . "Ethische aspecten." . . "Byrne, Peter" . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE" . . "People with mental disabilities Moral and ethical aspects." . . "Valeur morale." . . "Electronic books." . . "People with mental disabilities." . . "Ethik." . . "Discapacitados psíquicos Ética." . . "Geestelijk gehandicapten." . . "Handicapé mental." . . "Aspect religieux." . . "Éthique." . . "Disabili mentali." . . "Discapacitados psíquicos Situación social." . . "Ritardo mentale Aspetti morali." . . "Bioéthique." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Philosophical and Ethical Problems in Mental Handicap" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Philosophical and ethical problems in mental handicap"@en . "Philosophical and ethical problems in mental handicap" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Peter Byrne surveys the conceptual, ethical, social and religious issues which arise from the fact that many human beings are mentally handicapped. He explores the definition of mental handicap, its relations to IQ and the scientific study of intelligence. He examines the contention that the notion of mental handicap has no objective foundation but is merely the agent of oppression, and analyses policies and practices in paediatric medicine in relation to the mentally handicapped. Throughout, an ethical outlook committed to the moral equality of all human beings is articulated and defended. The philosophical claim that the assertion of moral equality for all human beings falls into the conceptual and ethical vice of 'speciesism' is rebutted. This important book challenges recent trends in moral philosophy and bioethics dismissing the mentally handicapped as non-persons and justifying their killing, and closes with a discussion of how far we need to buttress respect for the handicapped by a theologically grounded ethic."@en . "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." . . "Electronic resource" . . . . . . . "Filosofische aspecten." . . "Mental retardation Moral and ethical aspects." . . . . "Geistige Behinderung Ethik." . . "Handicapés mentaux." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Services & Welfare." . . "Geistige Behinderung." . . "Éthique médicale." . . "Moralité." . . "Social ethics." . . "Morale sociale." . . "Ethiek." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Social Security." . . "Geistige Behinderung Philosophie." . . "Deficiència mental Aspectes ètics i morals." . . "Handicapés mentaux Aspect moral." . .