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MORAL STATUS : WHAT A BAD IDEA ! Why discard it ? What replaces it ?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Silvers, Anita |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | I. ASCRIBING MORAL STATUS I.A. NOT SOOTHING BUT SEETHING This is a paper about the notion of moral status. Moral status is a very bad idea indeed. Not long ago philosophers generally did not agree with my view that basing moral, political or legal judgments on whether or not an individual has moral status is useless – or even worse – in resolving troubling questions about justice. So philosophical theories about what did or did not have moral status – neonates, fetuses, corporations, non-human primates, trees – were abundant. And the controversies they stirred up seethed. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://cic.arts.ubc.ca/files/2014/07/MORAL_STATUS_SCOPING_PAPER_-_Final___Anita_Silvers.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
