Moral agency in other animals

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-373

  Shapiro, Paul ^a  

^a Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Animals; Moral agency; Moral obligations; Moral status; Speciesism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONHOOD; VIRTUES;

EID: 33749236390     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-006-9010-0     Document Type: Article

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