Aaron Simmons
Biographic Data
| ID | 6210647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Simmons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Simmons |
| SIGNATURE | SIMMONS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3638-4945 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Two Arguments against Biological Interests
In both environmental ethics and bioethics, one central issue is the range of entities that are morally considerable. According to one view on this issue, we ought to extend consideration to any entity that possesses interests. But what kinds of entities possess interests? Some philosophers have argued that only sentient beings can have interests, while others have held that all living organisms possess interests in the fulfillment of their biolo…
Animals and the Moral Community
Animals, Predators, the Right to Life, and the Duty to Save Lives
One challenge to the idea that animals have a moral right to life claims that any such right would require us to intervene in the wild to prevent animals from being killed by predators. I argue that belief in an animal right to life does not commit us to supporting a program of predator-prey intervention. One common retort to the predator challenge contends that we are not required to save animals from predators because predators are not moral ag…
Do Animals Have an Interest in Continued Life
The Holy Spirit in the World
Book Reviews / Pneuma 30 (2008) 315-370 359 Kirsteen Kim, The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2007). xiv + 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1-57075-750-1. $25.00 pbk. Kirsteen Kim’s The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation brings issues in global- ization to bear on pneumatology and missiology. Receiving impetus from the controversy caused by Chung Hyun Kyung’s address at the 1991 Canberra Assembly, Kim asks t…
A Critique of Mary Anne Warren’s Weak Animal Rights View
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A Critique of Mary Anne Warren’s Weak Animal Rights View
The Holy Spirit in the World
Book Reviews / Pneuma 30 (2008) 315-370 359 Kirsteen Kim, The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2007). xiv + 210 pp. ISBN: 978-1-57075-750-1. $25.00 pbk. Kirsteen Kim’s The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation brings issues in global- ization to bear on pneumatology and missiology. Receiving impetus from the controversy caused by Chung Hyun Kyung’s address at the 1991 Canberra Assembly, Kim asks t…
Animals, Predators, the Right to Life, and the Duty to Save Lives
One challenge to the idea that animals have a moral right to life claims that any such right would require us to intervene in the wild to prevent animals from being killed by predators. I argue that belief in an animal right to life does not commit us to supporting a program of predator-prey intervention. One common retort to the predator challenge contends that we are not required to save animals from predators because predators are not moral ag…
Do Animals Have an Interest in Continued Life
Two Arguments against Biological Interests
In both environmental ethics and bioethics, one central issue is the range of entities that are morally considerable. According to one view on this issue, we ought to extend consideration to any entity that possesses interests. But what kinds of entities possess interests? Some philosophers have argued that only sentient beings can have interests, while others have held that all living organisms possess interests in the fulfillment of their biolo…
Animals and the Moral Community
Environmental ethics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Applied philosophy (4 works) · Contemporary philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · General interest (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Animal testing and alternatives (1 work)