The moral status of beings who are not persons: A casuistic argument

Environmental Values

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-323

  Wetlesen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Casuistic argument; Inherent value; Moral status; Pragmatic validity; Strong versus weak cognitivism

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; MORALITY;

EID: 0032697749     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327199129341842     Document Type: Article

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