PHIL 1180 Chapter Notes - Chapter Individualism : Tom Regan, Environmental Ethics, Consumerism
11 Oct 2016
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Moral individualism: view that it is individual organisms (or at least, some set of them) that are morally considerable, and we should do environmental ethics by considering how our actions a ect those morally considerable individuals. Varieties of individualism must answer 2 questions: who/what is morally considerable, how are those that are considerable to be considered in our deliberations regarding how we ought to interact with the environment. Paul taylor: all living things have, bo is the correct view in. All living things are morally considerable. inherent worth regards to human-nature (principle of species- relationship. Peter singer: all and only sentient, all and only sentient being. Tom regan: all experiencing subjects, all humans have right to life. Individualism (advocates of a life (esol - has hopes, and to not be treated as. Esol: therefore, birds and mammals(some reptile and. Sh) have a right to life and to not be treated as a mere thing in the service of ends.
