Jeff McMahan on Moral Status (originally on Bioethics Bites)
Philosophy Bites
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The Importance of Moral Status
The foundations for moral status are thought of by most people as psychological capacities. What do you mean by intrinsic there? Perhaps an example will clarify that a bit for us. Sure. I think the possession of the capacity for self-consciousness or minimal rationality or a moral sense. Some people of a religious inclination think it might be something like the possession of a soul.
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