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▼a (MiAaPQ)AAI10839922 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)uchicago:14462 |
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▼a Lipshitz, Nethanel.
▼0 (orcid)0000-0001-6768-4425 |
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▼a A Defense of Basic Equality. |
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▼a [S.l.] :
▼b The University of Chicago.,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a Ann Arbor :
▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a 211 p. |
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▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-01(E), Section: A. |
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▼a Advisers: Brian Leiter |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2018. |
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▼a What is the moral significance of being human? In this dissertation, I defend the humanist doctrine known as basic equality, according to which all human beings deserve to be treated as equals: they deserve equal consideration of their interests |
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▼a Basic equality is a foundational idea of modern moral and political philosophy. For example, basic equality has been evoked to defend the test of universalizability in Kantian ethics as well a strong principle of impartiality in Utilitarian ethi |
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▼a I start by bringing to light an assumption of the skeptical argument against basic equality: Correlationism. According to Correlationism, how individuals deserve to be treated is correlated with the extent to which they possess some morally sign |
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▼a My defense of basic equality begins by arguing that Correlationism is false. When the Correlationist argues that the way individuals should be treated is correlated with the extent to which they possess some property, she must rely, I argue, on |
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▼a Then, I turn to develop a positive account of basic equality, one that does not rely on descriptive equality for its justification. I call this account "the respect view". On this view, basic equality is not grounded in descriptive equality but |
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▼a I end by considering the moral status of nonhuman animals. I argue that while some nonhuman animals might have comparable overall cognitive functioning as some human beings, and while all sentient animals have some moral rights, nonhuman animals |
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▼a School code: 0330. |
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▼a Philosophy. |
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▼a The University of Chicago.
▼b Philosophy. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 80-01A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0330 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999700
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▼a 201812
▼f 2019 |
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▼a 관리자 |