Why Sentience Should be the Only Basis of Moral Status

2024/07/23 by Matthew Wray Perry · 1 voice · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Neuroscience · Arts and Humanities · #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Free Will and Agency #Philosophical Ethics and Theory

paper · doi:10.1007/s10892-024-09487-4

Citations

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Discussions

• New paper persuasively arguing for sentientism about moral status. This is in line with my own view: that sentience alone grounds moral status but other properties are important for determining what i [bsky, 10 points, 1 comments]