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1001 ▼a Lipshitz, Nethanel. ▼0 (orcid)0000-0001-6768-4425.
24512 ▼a A Defense of Basic Equality.
260 ▼a [S.l.]: ▼b The University of Chicago., ▼c 2018.
260 1 ▼a Ann Arbor: ▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ▼c 2018.
300 ▼a 211 p.
500 ▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-01(E), Section: A.
500 ▼a Advisers: Brian Leiter
5021 ▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2018.
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
520 ▼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
590 ▼a School code: 0330.
650 4 ▼a Philosophy.
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71020 ▼a The University of Chicago. ▼b Philosophy.
7730 ▼t Dissertation Abstracts International ▼g 80-01A(E).
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791 ▼a Ph.D.
792 ▼a 2018
793 ▼a English
85640 ▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999700 ▼n KERIS ▼z 이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
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