PHI 2396 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joel Feinberg, Designer Baby, Categorical Imperative
13 Feb 2014
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Main argument: to have rights is to have a claim to something and against someone, the recognition of which is used to protect ones legal rights to one"s moral rights. In either case we appeal to the enlightened conscience. Singer rejects that intellectual capacity has anything to do with moral equality. If that was true no quality even among humans: therefore every living being needs to be treated equally, as long as they have interests. If being suffers it has interests, and should be allowed for that suffering to stop important question: do animals suffer? suffering related to pain mental, cannot be observed by outside observer. Way to know when in pain: by analogy with ourselves, by reading the external signs of their behavior. Thesis: arguments against cloning are weak or indefensible. Conclusion: permanent and temporary bans on cloning arguments fail. 4 arguments he likes: not safe, benefits do not outweigh harms, should have low priority for public funding.
