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Animals, humans and Martians: the concept of persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Femi Oyebode
Femi Oyebode*
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2QZ
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Abstract

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This paper examines the concept of the person as distinct from the concept of the human being. It argues that the criteria which some contemporary philosophers propose for making this distinction are likely to have adverse effects for the moral status of people with learning disability and psychiatric disorders respectively.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 213 - 216
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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