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moral status: a standalone construct

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moralstatus1 CONSTRUCTMoral statusWARREN · APPLIED ETHICS

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Applied ethics

the standing that makes a being's interests count morally for its own sake, argued here to depend on traits such as consciousness and reasoning.

In applied ethics, moral status refers to the standing that makes a being's interests count morally for its own sake, argued here to depend on traits such as consciousness and reasoning. This meaning comes from Warren (1973) in Monist.[1]

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  1. Warren, M. A. (1973). On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion. Monist, 57(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.5840/monist197357133

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