- Abstract:
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My hypothesis is that social contract theory does not satisfactorily explain why we owe a serious concern or respect to profoundly mentally disabled individuals (PMD). This is a problem for social contract theories if we assume, like I do in this dissertation, that the PMD possess a robust moral status (RMS).
My dissertation will explore the main strategies deployed by contractarian and contractualist theorists to bring the PMD within the purview of the social contract, in order to c...
Expand abstract - Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8755
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- Copyright holder:
- Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available via ORA.
- License:
- Restricted: Full content available from 2020-01-01 (ISO 8601)
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Can social contract theory fully account for the moral status of profoundly mentally disabled people?
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