Moral Issues in Mental Retardation
In: Routledge Library Editions: Special Educational Needs Ser v.34
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