Responsibility, Agency, and Cognitive Disability

In Armen T. Marsoobian, Brian J. Huschle, Eric Cavallero, Eva Feder Kittay & Licia Carlson (eds.), Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 201–223 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Adults with MMR Psychopathy and Disability MMR, Moral Responsibility, and Moral Community The First Puzzle: Criminal and Moral Responsibility The Second Puzzle: Degrees of Accountability Conclusion Acknowledgments References.

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responsibility, agency and cognitive disability   “Moral community,” art in philosophy, and collection of moral agents   mild mental retardation (MMR) with psychopathy ‐ among adults   adults with MMR ‐ as mentally retarded, function of scoring 69 or lower on IQ test   mentally retarded, often thought to be “eternal children”   adults with MMR, more or less permanently ‐ in concrete operations stage   psychopaths, outside boundaries of moral community, ineligible for moral responsibility   MMR, moral responsibility and moral community   first puzzle, criminal and moral responsibility ‐ adult with MMR, member of moral community, eligible for assessments of moral responsibility   second puzzle, degrees of accountability ‐ adults with MMR, adults as members of moral community

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