How to count animals, more or less /

Most people agree that animals count morally, but how exactly should we take animals into account? A prominent stance in contemporary ethical discussions is that animals have the same moral status that people do, and so in moral deliberation the similar interests of animals and people should be give...

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Standing
Standing and Status
Sentience
Agency
Agency without Sentience
Welfare and Standing
Unitarianism
The Greater Harm
Comparing Lives
Hierarchy
The Argument from Distribution
Distributive Principles
Replies
Hierarchy and the Value of Outcomes
Hierarchy in Distribution
Problems for Priority
Well-Being
Dismissing the View
The Status Adjusted Value of Well-Being
Status
Grounds of Status
Individualism
Which Capacities?
Potential
Modal Status
Worries about Hierarchy
Elitism
Superior Beings
Marginal Cases
Normal Variation
Deontology
Consequentialism and Deontology
Absolutist Deontology
Moderate Deontology
Some Calculations
Restricted Deontology
Excluding Animals from Deontology
Autonomy
Resisting the Argument
Dichotomous Properties
Hierarchical Deontology
Weaker Rights
Thresholds
Meeting the Threshold
Other Principles
Defense
The Right to Self-Defense
Defending Animals
Defending Against Animals
Defending Animals Against Animals
More on Proportionality
Limited Hierarchy
A Suitable Step Function
Practical Realism
The View that Emerges
Pretense
How to Count Animals
1. Verfasser:
Kagan, Shelly
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Most people agree that animals count morally, but how exactly should we take animals into account? A prominent stance in contemporary ethical discussions is that animals have the same moral status that people do, and so in moral deliberation the similar interests of animals and people should be given the very same consideration. In 'How to Count Animals,' more or less, Shelly Kagan sets out and defends a hierarchical approach in which people count more than animals do and some animals count more than others. For the most part, moral theories have not been developed in such a way as to take account of differences in status. By arguing for a hierarchical account of morality - and exploring what status sensitive principles might look like - Kagan reveals just how much work needs to be done to arrive at an adequate view of our duties toward animals, and of morality more generally.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 309 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-256518-4
0-19-186817-5
0-19-256517-6
Schlagworte:
Animals (Philosophy)
Animal welfare.
Human-animal relationships > Moral and ethical aspects.
Hierarchies.
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