At the Margins of Moral Personhood  

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Feder Kittay, Eva

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethics: An International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy vol. 116 no. 1 (Oct. 2005), page 100-131.
Topik: McMahan; Psikologi; Moral; Social Relations

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE44.21 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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I cannot aspire, in one article, to convey the fullforce of the insight that came to me as I wrote the final senteces of the epigraph above. Instead I hope to clear away some of the arguments that the block the possibility of grasping it. I shall argue againts the view that such intrinsic psychological capacities as rationally and autonomy are requisites for claims of justice, a good quality of life, and the moral consideration of personhood-that is, that these capacities are the principal qualifications for mmbership in a moral community of individuals deserving equal respect and dignity. In arguing thus, I recognize that I swim against philosophical tide. But to argue otherwise is to exclude those with severe cognitive disabilities from the moral consideration of persons, and I believe this exclusion to be as morally repugnant as earlier exclusions based on sex, race, and physical ability have been.

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