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Moral status and human life : the case for children's superiority /

"Are children of equal, lesser, or perhaps even greater moral importance than adults? This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings - ourselves and others - and on the basis of that account identifies multiple...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dwyer, James G., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is moral status and why does it matter?
  • How is moral status determined?
  • Selecting criteria of moral status
  • Problems in applying a multicriterial approach
  • Applying a multicriteria moral status test to adults and children
  • Legal, policy, and moral implications of children's superiority.