Right to live and be different

The Japanese disability movement in the 1970s posed an important question about our inner eugenic thought. Their arguments should be one of the focuses of attention for bioethics and philosophy of life in the 21st century. Their philosophy is comparable with DPI’s declaration, “The Right to Live and be Different,” published in 2000. They are considered to be seeking “life studies,” which has broader and deeper meanings than contemporary academic bioethics.

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Disability Movement and Inner Eugenic Thought
(2002)
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