Newborn Infants and the Moral Significance of Intellectual Disabilities.

Vehmas, Simo

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ERIC Number: EJ591206

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Newborn Infants and the Moral Significance of Intellectual Disabilities.

Vehmas, Simo

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, v24 n2 p111-21 Sum 1999

Presents moral philosophical arguments regarding life-saving medical treatment that may be more available to infants without disabilities than to infants with intellectual disabilities. Argues that human well-being is not based merely on individual characteristics, but is a result of the individual's relation to other people. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Bioethics, Disability Discrimination, Euthanasia, Infants, Interpersonal Relationship, Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Moral Values, Social Bias, Well Being

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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