The Gallows Alien
Extending the Concept Person > to Non-Human Organisms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9689920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caitlin Hamblin-Yule (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 431-450 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| 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/s0012217322000361 |
| OpenAlex | W4320031638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Immanuel Kant maintained throughout his life that non-human persons likely exist but he failed to specify how we could recognise them. In this article, I argue (a) that non-human organisms can be considered non-human persons if they can be judged as belonging to a species with a moral vocation, and (b) a species can be judged as having a moral vocation if at least one of its members is able to make what I will call a “moral sacrifice” in which that member sacrifices its physical life for the sake of its moral life
Alien · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human life · Humanity · Sacrifice · Sociology · Theology · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |