Welfare Subjects and Autopoiesis.
A welfare subject is an entity with a good of its own. Welfare subjects have interests. Things matter to them. It is uncontroversial that typical adult humans are welfare subjects. It is uncontroversial that rocks are not welfare subjects. Just what makes this so is a matter of controversy. The defa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Philosophical Association Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 1 - 20 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2025
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