Moral Status - Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things (Hardcover)

Mary Anne Warren explores a theoretical question which lies at the heart of practical ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? In other words, what are the criteria for being an entity towards which people have moral obligations? Some philosophers maintain that there is one intrinsic property-for instance, life, sentience, humanity, or moral agency. Others believe that relational properties, such as belonging to a human community, are more important. In Part I of the book, Warren argues that no single property can serve as the sole criterion for moral status; instead, life, sentience, moral agency, and social and biotic relationships are all relevant, each in a different way. She presents seven basic principles, each focusing on a property that can, in combination with others, legitimately affect an agent's moral obligations towards entities of a given type. In Part II, these principles are applied in an examination of three controversial ethical issues: voluntary euthanasia, abortion, and the moral status of animals.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	November 1997
Authors:	Mary Anne Warren (Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	225 x 146 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-823668-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-823668-9
Barcode:	9780198236689

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