Social Pathology and Prevention 2015, 1(2):51-65 | DOI: 10.25142/spp.2015.012

CONTROLLED PROCREATION? MORAL PREFERENCES IN THE FIELD OF PARENTING AND PROCREATION OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Dagmar Marková1, Stanislava Lištiak Mandzáková2
1 doc. PhDr. Dagmar Marková, PhD., Philosophical Faculty, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Department of General and Applied Ethics, Hodžova 1, 949 74, Nitra, Slovakia, dmarkova@ukf.sk
2 PaedDr. Stanislava Lištiak Mandzáková, PhD., Faculty of Education, University of Prešov, Department of Special Pedagogy, Ul. 17. novembra 15, 080 01, Prešov, Slovakia, stanislava.mandzakova@unipo.sk

In this paper, we present two researches which focused on the attitudinal and behavioural attributes of the sexuality of mentally handicapped persons and on its socio-cultural and ethical contexts. It presents a comparative research probe into the moral preferences regarding parenthood and procreation of the mentally handicapped as perceived by professional staff of the Social Service Centres (SSCs) and by the teachers of special primary schools in Slovakia. We, specifically focus on the description of particular research findings which involve moral preferences regarding parenthood and procreation of the mentally handicapped as perceived by the professional SSC staff and by teachers of special primary schools which were obtained using a part of the standardized ASQ - Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire (Individuals With An Intellectual Disability) from authors Cuskelly and Gilmore (2007). The research findings show that the moral preferences regarding parenthood and procreation of the mentally handicapped are mostly negative, even if compared to the professional SSC staff, the teachers of special schools prefer the right to procreation and parenthood more.

Keywords: procreation, parenthood, mental handicap, sexuality, morality, special primary school, Home of Social Services

Published: September 1, 2015  Show citation

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Marková D, Lištiak Mandzáková S. CONTROLLED PROCREATION? MORAL PREFERENCES IN THE FIELD OF PARENTING AND PROCREATION OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. Social Pathology and Prevention. 2015;1(2):51-65. doi: 10.25142/spp.2015.012.
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