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PDFReproductive ethics
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A Moorean argument for the full moral status of those with profound intellectual disability
- Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Curtis, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK; benjamin.curtis{at}ntu.ac.uk
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A Moorean argument for the full moral status of those with profound intellectual disability
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- Received June 13, 2015
- Revised September 24, 2015
- Accepted October 12, 2015
- First published December 15, 2015.
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September 12, 2020
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