Foundations of Justice Why the Retarded and the Rest of Us Have Claims to Equality

Name: Foundations of Justice Why the Retarded and the Rest of Us Have Claims to Equality
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ISBN: 9780195040760

ISBN-10: 0195040767

ISBN-13: 9780195040760

Edition: 1986

Authors: Robert M. Veatch

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As medical and social services become increasingly expensive, the demands of those with severe and uncorrectable handicaps pose an urgent social problem. The immediate question--how finite resources should be allocated, particularly to people with inexhaustible needs and meager capacities for improvement--can only be answered by thoroughly examining current concepts of justice, equality, and social responsibility. Drawing on sociology, philosophy, religion and policy analysis, and supplementing the discussion with actual case studies, Veatch traces the historical origins of our commitment to the disadvantaged, examines how fundamental premises underlying this commitment have been…

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List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/6/1986
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.56" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English




The Retarded and Our Problem of Equality



The Religious Basis for Equality: Its History



The Religious Basis for Equality: The Theological Premises



The Secular Basis for Equality



What Does Equality Mean?



Public Policy and Our Commitment to Equality



Equality and the Problem of Stigma