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Ethics

the argument that any trait that excludes animals from moral concern would also exclude some humans, so species alone cannot justify unequal treatment.

In ethics, argument from marginal cases refers to the argument that any trait that excludes animals from moral concern would also exclude some humans, so species alone cannot justify unequal treatment. This meaning comes from Norcross (2004) in Philosophical Perspectives.[1]

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argument3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs marginal3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs species4 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Norcross, A. (2004). Puppies, Pigs, and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Cases. Philosophical Perspectives, 18(1), 229-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1520-8583.2004.00027.x

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