Sentientism, Motivation, and Philosophical Vulcans.
If moral status depends on the capacity for consciousness, what kind of consciousness matters exactly? Two popular answers are that any kind of consciousness matters (Broad Sentientism), and that what matters is the capacity for pleasure and suffering (Narrow Sentientism). I argue that the broad ans...
| Publicado en: | Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 104; no. 2; pp. 301 - 324 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2023
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