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Moral Status and Human Life: The Case for Children's Superiority Book

Moral Status and Human Life: The Case for Children's Superiority
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  • Moral Status and Human Life: The Case for Children's Superiority
  • Written by author James G. Dwyer
  • Published by Cambridge University Press, 10/21/2010
  • Are children of equal, lesser, or perhaps even greater moral importance than adults" This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings - ourselves and others - and on the ba
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Introduction 1

1 What Is Moral Status and Why Does It Matter" 9

2 How Is Moral Status Determined" 27

Empathy 32

Universalizing Bases for Self-Worth 34

Awe and Disgust 37

Is One Basis for Attributing Moral Status Superior" 44

Deficiencies in Existing Approaches to Moral Status 53

3 Selecting Criteria of Moral Status 61

Life 63

Relationship 77

Contribution to a Community 77

Reciprocity 82

Sentience 86

Higher Cognitive Functioning 95

Being the Subject of a Life 98

Rational Moral Agency and Autonomy 107

Summation 118

Additional Criteria 118

Potentiality 119

Talents and Abilities 122

Beauty 124

Venality, Virtue, and Innocence 125

Species Membership" 129

Conclusion 130

4 Problems in Applying a Multicriteria Approach 131

The Invidious Discrimination Objection 132

The Complexity Objection 140

Conclusion 143

5 Applying a Multicriteria Moral Status Test to Adults and Children 145

Life 150

Relationship 156

Sentience 158

Subject of a Life 163

Higher Cognitive Functioning 163

Other Criteria 179

Conclusion 181

6 Legal, Policy, and Moral Implications of Children's Superiority 188

General Implications 188

Specific Implications 191

Family Law 191

Parentage 192

Child Rearing 192

Divorce 193

Public Policy 194

Social Life 196

Conclusion 197

Conclusion 199

Bibliography 203

Index 209


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