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- Title: People with Cognitive Disabilities: The Argument from Marginal Cases and Social Work Ethics.
- Author : Social Work
- Release Date : January 01, 2003
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 199 KB
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"What if an ape had the intelligence and sensibilities of a human, and a human had only the capabilities of an ape? Which would be the human being? The answer is plain; the ape would be the human being" (Fletcher, 1976, p. 62). Beginning with Singer's early writings on animal liberation in the 1970s, the Argument from Marginal Cases (AMG) has been an important philosophical argument buttressing calls for increased public consideration of animal rights. In January 2000 Social Work introduced its readers to this issue in a commentary by Wolf (2000) entitled "Social Work and Speciesism." Although Wolf did not discuss the AMC in depth, such an exploration is important for social workers. Proffered by animal rights proponents over the past few decades, the AMC has the potential to denigrate the status of many of the groups to which the social work profession should be most committed. By comparing "marginal" humans to animals, the AMC may unwittingly dehumanize people with cognitive disabilities and be yet another way our society justifies maltreatment of its most vulnerable members.