Moral Status - Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things

Zusatztext Mary Anne Warren's enterprise, to delineate "obligations to persons and other living things" is potentially fruitful, and of considerable importance. Investigates a theoretical question that is at the centre of practical and professional ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? This work argues that no single property will do as a sole criterion, and puts forward seven basic principles which establish moral status. Zusammenfassung Investigates a theoretical question that is at the centre of practical and professional ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? This work argues that no single property will do as a sole criterion, and puts forward seven basic principles which establish moral status.

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• Authors: Mary Anne Warren, Mary Anne (Professor of Philosophy Warren, Warren Mary Anne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780198236689
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823668-9
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics; Issues in Biomedical Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animals & society, Ethics and moral philosophy, Animals and society, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Ethical issues and debates