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Sect. I. Examining the rights tradition. Rights and borderline cases -- Applying moral theory to the retarded -- Joseph Margolis, John Rawls, and the mentally retarded -- Do the retarded have a right not to be eaten? A rejoinder to Joseph Margolis -- The rights of the retarded -- Rights, justice and the retarded -- Sect. II. Respect and labeling. Respect and the retarded : issues of valuing and labeling -- Person ascriptions, profound disabilities and our self-imposed duties : a reply to Loretta Kopelman -- The world gained and the world lost : labeling the mentally retarded -- Labeling the mentally retarded : a reply to Laurence B. McCullough -- Sect. III Theology and philosophy of religion. Must God create the best? -- Parenting, bonding, and valuing the retarded -- Responsibility for the retarded : two theological views -- Philosophical and theological perspectives on the value of the retarded : responses to William F. Man and John C. Moskop -- Sect. IV. Law and public policy. The legal rights of mentally retarded persons in Twentieth Century America -- Examining legal restrictions on the retarded -- Who speaks for the retarded? -- Commentary on David J. Rothman's 'Who speaks for the retarded?' -- Dilemmas in the neonatal intensive care unit -- Health care, needs and rights of retarded persons. |
