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.
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Clarendon Press,
1997.
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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.