Contractarianism and Moral Standing Inegalitarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9688719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew I Cohen (0000-0001-7722-1803, Georgia State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 639-658 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217316000585 |
| OpenAlex | W2566775329 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
Contractarianism is more inclusive than critics (and, indeed, David Gauthier) sometimes suggest. Contractarianism can justify equal moral standing for human persons (in some respects) and provide sufficient moral standing for many nonhuman animals to require what we commonly call ‘decent treatment.’ Moreover, contractarianism may allow that some entities have more moral standing than do others. This does not necessarily license the oppression that liberal egalitarians rightly fear. Instead, it shows that contractarianism may support a nuanced account of moral status
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Social contract · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Taking Animals Seriously
The Ethics of Killing
Kant
The Animals Issue
The Idea of Moral Standing
Justice, Reasons, and Moral Standing
Towards Justice and Virtue
Rational Commitment and Social Justice
Responsibility and Severe Poverty
Moral Saints
The metaphysics of morals (1797)
Reciprocity, Justice, and Disability
Love’s Labor
On Being Morally Considerable
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Frontiers of Justice
The Circumstances of Justice
Unconsidered preferences
Morals by Agreement
Animal Rights
Contractarianism, Other‐regarding Attitudes, and the Moral Standing of Nonhuman Animals
Contractarianism and rational choice
Moral Status and Human Enhancement
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |