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Moral status : obligations to persons and other living things /

With this volume, Mary Anne Warren argues that no single property will suffice as a sole criterion for having moral status, and puts forward seven basic principles which, in her opinion, establish moral status.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Warren, Mary Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1997.
Series:Issues in biomedical ethics.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An Account of Moral Status
  • The Concept of Moral Status
  • Reverence for Life
  • Sentience and the Utilitarian Calculus
  • Personhood and Moral Rights
  • The Relevance of Relationships
  • A Multi-Criterial Analysis of Moral Status
  • Selected Applications
  • Applying the Principles
  • Euthanasia and the Moral Status of Human Beings
  • Abortion and Human Rights
  • Animal Rights and Human Limitations.