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Why the Epistemic Objection Against Using Sentience as Criterion of Moral Status is Flawed

According to a common view, sentience is necessary and sufficient for moral status. In other words, whether a being has intrinsic moral relevance is determined by its capacity for conscious experience. The epistemic objection derives from our profound uncertainty about sentience. According to this o...

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Autor principal: Dung, Leonard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9616780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36305975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-022-00408-y