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A Constructive Theology of Intellectual Disability:Human Being as Mutuality and Response : Human Being as Mutuality and Response /
This book asks, on behalf of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities, what it means to be human. That question has traditionally been answered with an emphasis on an intellectual capacityGthe ability to employ concepts or to make moral choicesGand has ignored the value of individuals who...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book asks, on behalf of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities, what it means to be human. That question has traditionally been answered with an emphasis on an intellectual capacityGthe ability to employ concepts or to make moral choicesGand has ignored the value of individuals who lack such intellectual capacities. The author suggests, rather, that human beings be understood in terms of participation in relationships of mutual responsiveness, which includes but is not limited to intellectual forms of communicating. She supports her argument by developing a phenomenology of h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (144 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780823249299 |