Consciousness and moral status /

This book presents a systematic account of the moral value of consciousness. It explores important questions such as the moral significance of intelligence, the potential difference in value between human and non-human consciousness, and ways that the structure of conscious experience influences the...

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Main Author: Shepherd, J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge focus on philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Preliminaries
  • chapter 1 Introduction / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 2 Preliminaries
  • Consciousness / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 3 Preliminaries
  • Value / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 4 Preliminaries
  • Moral status / Joshua Shepherd
  • part II An account of phenomenal value
  • chapter 5 What it is like and beyond / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 6 Evaluative phenomenal properties / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 7 The importance of phenomenal character / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 8 Contra Moore on an important point / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 9 Hedonism about the value within consciousness / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 10 The bearers of phenomenal value / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 11 Thick experiences / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 12 Meta-evaluative properties / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 13 Evaluative spaces, part I / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 14 Evaluative spaces, part II / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 15 How far we have come / Joshua Shepherd
  • part III Moral status and difficult cases
  • chapter 16 Moral status
  • Machines and post-persons / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 17 Moral status
  • The other animals / Joshua Shepherd
  • chapter 18 Moral status
  • Human cases / Joshua Shepherd.