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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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