A Critical Notice on the Moral Grounding Question in David Chalmers’ Reality+
In this critical discussion, I evaluate David Chalmers’ position on the moral grounding question from his (2022) Reality + . The moral grounding question asks: in virtue of what does an entity x have moral standing? Chalmers argues for the claim that phenomenal consciousness is a necessary condition...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2023
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Sophia
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 195-200 |
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| Summary: | In this critical discussion, I evaluate David Chalmers’ position on the moral grounding question from his (2022) Reality + . The moral grounding question asks: in virtue of what does an entity x have moral standing? Chalmers argues for the claim that phenomenal consciousness is a necessary condition for moral standing. After a brief introduction to his book, I evaluate his position on the moral grounding question from the perspective of access consciousness as opposed to phenomenal consciousness, as well as the Jain doctrine of non-violence, and the differentiation of creatures in terms of their sense capacities. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-022-00944-x |