Consciousness and Moral Status

This book presents a systematic account of the moral value of consciousness. It explores important questions such as the moral significance of intelligence, the potential difference in value between human and non-human consciousness, and ways that the structure of conscious experience influences the value of consciousness for a subject both over

List of contents

Part 1: Preliminaries 1. Introduction 2. Preliminaries: consciousness 3. Preliminaries: value 4. Preliminaries: moral status Part 2: An account of phenomenal value 5. What it is like and beyond 6. Evaluative phenomenal properties 7. The importance of phenomenal character 8. Contra Moore on an important point 9. Hedonism about the value within consciousness 10. The bearers of phenomenal value 11. Thick experiences 12. Meta-evaluative properties 13. Evaluative spaces, part 1 14. Evaluative spaces, part 2 15. How far we have come Part 3: Moral status and difficult cases 16. Moral Status: machines and post-persons 17. Moral status: the other animals 18. Moral status: human cases; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Joshua Shepherd is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Carleton University, Canada, and Research Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Summary

This book presents a systematic account of the moral value of consciousness. It explores important questions such as the moral significance of intelligence, the potential difference in value between human and non-human consciousness, and ways that the structure of conscious experience influences the value of consciousness for a subject both over

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Shepherd, Joshua (Oxford Uehiro Centre Shepherd
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367734374
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73437-4
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Routledge Focus on Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Ethical issues and debates