Moral Issues in Mental Retardation

✍ Scribed by Ronald S Laura, Adrian F Ashman

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Special Educational Needs
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Contributors
INTRODUCTION; THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
1. EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSONS
2. AMBIVALENCE OF ATTITUDE TO THE MENTALLY RETARDED
3. THE ETHICS OF DE-INSTITUTIONALISATION AND AFTERWARDS
4. MENTAL RETARDATION AND PATERNALIST CONTROL
5. PSYCHOSURGERY AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED
6. CAN WE AVOID ASSIGNING GREATER VALUE TO SOME HUMAN LIVES THAN TO OTHERS?
7. INFANTICIDE
8. LONG DAYS JOURNEYS INTO NIGHT: THE TRAGEDY OF THE HANDICAPPED AT RISK INFANT
9. GENETICS AND MENTAL RETARDATION
10. MENTAL RETARDATION AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
11. RIGHTS, INTERESTS, AND MENTAL HANDICAP