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21Informed dissent: the view of a disabled womanJournal of Medical Ethics 12 (2): 75-76. 1986.Madeleine Simms begins her article by saying that it will attempt to `redress the balance' of views on the conflicting rights of handicapped children and their parents. I, on the other hand, will argue that no semblance of a balance has yet been achieved, and that her questions and conclusions merely serve to tip the scales further away from a genuine rights-based theory to a pragmatic utilitarian assessment of individual `worth'
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Mount St. Mary's UniversityRegular Faculty
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |