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So, while ethical extensionism can, in principle, broaden the sphere of ethical standing to any arbitrary limits, the extensionist approach is seen by more recent ethical theorists as being inadequate. References. Des Jardins, J. R. (2006). Environmental ethics: An introduction to environmental philosophy (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth ...
This paper defends ethical extensionism in response to re-cent critics. Ethical extensionism is theoretically powerful and answers important questions in moral philosophy. It has a long, rich history of practical success in expanding moral status and legal franchisement to the formerly marginalized.
Aug 1, 2011 · Ethical extensionism generally involves drawing one or more lines of moral standing. I argue (i) for all living organisms, there is a non-zero probability of sentience and consciousness, and (ii) we cannot justify excluding beings from consideration on the basis of uncertainty of their sentience, etc., and rather we should incorporate this ...
I therefore consider the possibility that ethical extensionism might support duties to a much broader set of non-human organisms than generally thought. My argument is rooted in a novel use of uncertainty, such that uncertainty of a being's sentience modifies the strength of duties to that organism. Several
Deontological Extensionism. Tom Regan’s (1983) case for animal rights can be viewed as an extension of Immanuel Kant’s. deontological ethic. The “respect-for-persons” formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative. commands people to treat persons “always as an end and never as a means only” (Kant [1875] 1959, p. 47).
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Jan 1, 2013 · Leopold argues for a rather different form of ethical extensionism: “The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants and animals, or collectively, the land” (Leopold 1968, p. 204). The starting point of Leopold’s ethical extension is not the individual, but the community; and inanimate ...
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