Elephants, Personhood, and Moral Status.

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1353/pbm.2023.0001

David DeGrazia

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Abstract

This essay uses the lens of moral status to explore the question of whether elephants ought to count as persons under the law. After distinguishing descriptive, moral, and legal concepts of personhood, the author argues that elephants are (descriptively) at least "borderline persons," justifying an attribution of full moral status and, thereby, a solid basis for legal personhood. A final section examines broad implications of elephant personhood.

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大象、人格和道德地位

文摘：本文从道德地位的角度探讨了大象是否应被视为法律规定的人的问题。在区分了人格的描述性、道德性和法律性概念后，作者认为大象（在描述性上）至少是“边缘人”，证明了完全道德地位的归属，从而为法人身份奠定了坚实的基础。最后一节探讨了大象人格的广泛含义。

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Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 医学-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, an interdisciplinary scholarly journal whose readers include biologists, physicians, students, and scholars, publishes essays that place important biological or medical subjects in broader scientific, social, or humanistic contexts. These essays span a wide range of subjects, from biomedical topics such as neurobiology, genetics, and evolution, to topics in ethics, history, philosophy, and medical education and practice. The editors encourage an informal style that has literary merit and that preserves the warmth, excitement, and color of the biological and medical sciences.

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