Can robots have significant moral status? This is an emerging topic of debate among
roboticists and ethicists. This paper makes three contributions to this debate. First, it presents …

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. During the 20th century
the locus of care shifted from large institutions into the community. However, this shift was …

It is widely accepted among medical ethicists that competence is a necessary condition for
informed consent. In this view, if a patient is incompetent to make a particular treatment …

Courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have identified children and adults with
intellectual disabilities (ID) as vulnerable witnesses. The call from the English Court of …

According to what we propose to call “the competence model,” competence is a necessary
condition for valid informed consent. If a person is not competent to make a treatment …

This paper aims to summarise the current understanding and literature around Article 12 of
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides a brief history …

This article addresses whether autonomy is being adequately protected within therapeutic
jurisprudence models. It first outlines the history and theory of therapeutic jurisprudence …

People with disabilities continue to experience a disproportionately high level of state
intervention in their private lives. Many disabled people's organisations have long sought to …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to contribute to a greater understanding of non-profit
organization (NPO) management control systems (MCS) and accountability in organizations …

This reflection responds primarily to the papers on legal agency and state intervention, with
brief comments on the two other papers. The concept of transformative equality, developed …