Consciousness and moral status
It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For example, claims about the value of life for those in Permanent Vegetative State (PVS); debates about treatment and study of disorders of conscio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
Taylor & Francis
2018
[2018]. |
| Series: | Routledge focus on philosophy.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434477906719 |
| Summary: | It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For example, claims about the value of life for those in Permanent Vegetative State (PVS); debates about treatment and study of disorders of consciousness; controversies about end-of-life care for those with advanced dementia; and arguments about the moral status of embryos, fetuses, and non-human animals arguably turn on the moral significance of various facts about consciousness. However, though work has been done on the moral significance of elements of consciousness, such as pain and pleasure, little explicit attention has been devoted to the ethical significance of consciousness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 111 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315396330 9781315396347 |
