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

by Robert M. Veatch

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195040767
• ISBN13: 9780195040760
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"