Disability, humanity, and personhood: a survey of moral concepts.
J Med Philos
; 32(6): 619-33, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
Three of the articles included in this issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy - Ron Amundson and Shari Tresky's "On a Bioethical Challenge to Disability Rights"; Rachel Cooper's "Can It Be a Good Thing to Be Deaf?"; and Mark T. Brown's "The Potential of the Human Embryo" - interact (in various ways) with the concepts of disability, humanity, and personhood and their normative dimensions. As one peruses these articles, it becomes apparent that terms like "disability," "human being," and "person" carry with them great normative significance. There is, however, much disagreement concerning both the definition and the extension of such terms. This is significant because different terms and definitions are associated with different sets of normative requirements. In what follows we reconstruct the argument of each of the articles, and then offer some brief critical analysis intended to stimulate further thought about and discussion of the issues that each raises.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Direitos Civis
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Pessoas com Deficiência
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Pessoalidade
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Princípios Morais
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Philos
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos