AGRON 342 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13-14: Sentience, Deep Ecology, Bioregionalism
14 Feb 2018
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Those who have the freedom and rational capacity to be responsible for choices. Those capable of moral reflection and decision. Infant and mentally infirm adults are not moral agents. Your continued existence or welfare is valuable in itself. Your interests and well being must be weighed when deciding what is permissible to do. That which is owed by moral agents to those with moral standing. Example: it is wrong to kill our children. Because we have a moral duty toward them. Must look at criteria for moral standing. What moral duty do we( moral agents) have toward those with moral standing. Different ethical positions suggest different moral duties. Extend moral standing to earth, ecosystems, rocks, rivers, entire natural. And are responsible for knowing right from wrong. Extend moral standing to animals and plants. Rest of the natural world has use to humans. Ex: saving the rainforests will provide o2 and medicine for humans.
