Machines, sentience, and the scope of morality
Environmental Ethics 16 (1):57-70 (1994)
| Abstract | Environmental philosophers are often concerned to show that non-sentient things, such as plants or ecosystems, have interests and therefore are appropriate objects of moral concern. They deny that mentality is a necessary condition for having interests. Yet they also deny that they are committed to recognizing interests in things like machines. I argue that either machines have interests (and hence moral standing) too or mentality is a necessary condition for inclusion within the purview of morality. I go on to argue that the aspect of mentality necessary for having interests is more complicated than mere sentience | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,679 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesFrederik Kaufman (1994). Machines, Sentience, and the Scope of Morality. Environmental Ethics 16 (1):57-70.
Warren Neill (1998). An Emotocentric Theory of Interests. Environmental Ethics 20 (2):163-182.
Cecilia Wee (2001). Cartesian Environmental Ethics. Environmental Ethics 23 (3):275-286.
Kenneth E. Goodpaster (1980). On Stopping at Everything: A Reply to W. M. Hunt. Environmental Ethics 2 (3):281-284.
Rick O.’Neil (1997). Intrinsic Value, Moral Standing, and Species. Environmental Ethics 19 (1):45-52.
Rick O.’Neil (1997). Intrinsic Value, Moral Standing, and Species. Environmental Ethics 19 (1):45-52.
Kenneth E. Goodpaster (1980). On Stopping at Everything. Environmental Ethics 2 (3):281-284.
Raffaele Rodogno (2010). Sentientism, Wellbeing, and Environmentalism. Journal of Applied Philosophy 27 (1):84-99.
James Fieser (1993). Callicott and the Metaphysical Basis of Ecocentric Morality. Environmental Ethics 15 (2):171-180.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads4 ( #178,675 of 549,084 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,317 of 549,084 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
