How to Explain the Importance of Persons.

  • Published In: Philosophical Quarterly, 2024, v. 74, n. 3. P. 920 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Register, Christopher 3 of 3

Abstract

We commonly explain the distinctive prudential and moral status of persons in terms of our mental capacities. I draw from recent work to argue that the common explanation is incomplete. I then develop a new explanation: We are ethically important because we are the object of a pattern of self-concern. I argue that the view solves moral problems posed by permissive ontologies, such as the recent personite problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Philosophical Quarterly. 2024/07, Vol. 74, Issue 3, p920
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0031-8094
  • DOI:10.1093/pq/pqad094
  • Accession Number:177680987
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