03111nam 2200685Ia 450 991081818020332120200520144314.00-511-85264-91-107-21763-61-282-91872-997866129187280-511-93146-80-511-93280-40-511-92761-40-511-92507-70-511-77960-70-511-93012-7(CKB)2670000000058263(EBL)605057(OCoLC)689997270(SSID)ssj0000439808(PQKBManifestationID)11302707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439808(PQKBWorkID)10464361(PQKB)10276158(UkCbUP)CR9780511779602(MiAaPQ)EBC605057(Au-PeEL)EBL605057(CaPaEBR)ebr10432448(CaONFJC)MIL291872(EXLCZ)99267000000005826320100727d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMoral status and human life the case for children's superiority /James G. Dwyer1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20101 online resource (viii, 212 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-63761-9 0-521-76691-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.What is moral status and why does it matter? -- How is moral status determined? -- Selecting criteria of moral status -- Problems in applying a multicriterial approach -- Applying a multicriteria moral status test to adults and children -- Legal, policy, and moral implications of children's superiority.Are children of equal, lesser, or perhaps even greater moral importance than adults? This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings - ourselves and others - and on the basis of that account identifies multiple criteria for having moral status. It argues that proper application of those criteria should lead us to treat children as of greater moral importance than adults. This conclusion presents a basis for critiquing existing social practices, many of which implicitly presuppose that children occupy an inferior status, and for suggesting how government policy, law, and social life might be different if it reflected an assumption that children are actually of superior status.ChildrenSocial statusMoral and ethical aspectsChildren.Social statusMoral and ethical aspects.305.23Dwyer James G.1961-475268MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818180203321Moral status and human life247339UNINA