Morality, Modality, and Humans with Deep Cognitive Impairments.

Philosophers struggle to explain why human beings with deep cognitive impairments have a higher moral status than certain non-human animals. Modal personism promises to solve this problem. It claims that humans who lack the capacities of "personhood" and the potential to develop them nonetheless cou...

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Published in:	Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 546 - 569
Main Author:	Gildea, William
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2024
Subjects:	Cognition disorders Philosophers Personality (Theory of knowledge) Intellectual disabilities Philosophical analysis
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