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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.
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.
Ethical extensionism is an approach to environmental and animal ethics in which the scope of ethical theories is extended to cover beings traditionally thought to fall outside the purview of those theories.
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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
Jan 1, 2013 · I’ll outline three differing ethical theories that have been important in environmental ethics: consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. I will show how these link back to ideas about moral status, and indicate key conflicts between them.
Ethical extensionism generally involves drawing one or more lines of moral standing. I argue for all living organisms, there is a non- zero probability of sentience and consciousness, and we cannot ...
