The great apes and the severely disabled: Moral status and thick evaluative concepts

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-326

  Gunnarsson, Logi ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Disability; Fellow human; Great ape; Human relationship; Moral status; Person; Thick evaluative concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749105531     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-008-9107-9     Document Type: Article

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