Towards a More Expansive Moral Community
作者:
MARK BERNSTEIN,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Philosophy
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 45-52
ISSN:0264-3758
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5930.1992.tb00294.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTI argue for a broader understanding of the morally considerable. I propose a neo‐Aristotelian account of individuals wherein some entities, often precluded from those deserving of moral consideration, are deemed proper subjects of such treatment. The criterion suggested is, roughly, that of self‐regulatory development, a teleological notion, that I argue should not be viewed as archaic and useless. Not only do many non‐human animals then become legitimate subjects of moral concern, but objects outside the animal kingdom, such as plants and trees, also are to be included in our ethical
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