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Consciousness and moral status / by Joshua Shepherd.

By: Shepherd, Joshua [author.]Contributor(s): Taylor and FrancisMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Routledge focus on philosophyPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (122 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315396316 (ebook: Mobi)Subject(s): Consciousness -- Moral and ethical aspectsAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 128/.2 LOC classification: BD431Online access: Click here to view.
Contents:
part I Preliminaries chapter 1 Introduction / Joshua Shepherd chapter 2 Preliminaries Consciousness / Joshua Shepherd chapter 3 Preliminaries Value / Joshua Shepherd chapter 4 Preliminaries Moral status / Joshua Shepherd part II An account of phenomenal value chapter 5 What it is like and beyond / Joshua Shepherd chapter 6 Evaluative phenomenal properties / Joshua Shepherd chapter 7 The importance of phenomenal character / Joshua Shepherd chapter 8 Contra Moore on an important point / Joshua Shepherd chapter 9 Hedonism about the value within consciousness / Joshua Shepherd chapter 10 The bearers of phenomenal value / Joshua Shepherd chapter 11 Thick experiences / Joshua Shepherd chapter 12 Meta-evaluative properties / Joshua Shepherd chapter 13 Evaluative spaces, part I / Joshua Shepherd chapter 14 Evaluative spaces, part II / Joshua Shepherd chapter 15 How far we have come / Joshua Shepherd part III Moral status and difficult cases chapter 16 Moral status Machines and post-persons / Joshua Shepherd chapter 17 Moral status The other animals / Joshua Shepherd chapter 18 Moral status Human cases / Joshua Shepherd.
Abstract: It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For example, claims about the value of life for those in Permanent Vegetative State (PVS); debates about treatment and study of disorders of consciousness; controversies about end-of-life care for those with advanced dementia; and arguments about the moral status of embryos, fetuses, and non-human animals arguably turn on the moral significance of various facts about consciousness. However, though work has been done on the moral significance of elements of consciousness, such as pain and pleasure, little explicit attention has been devoted to the ethical significance of consciousness.
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part I Preliminaries chapter 1 Introduction / Joshua Shepherd chapter 2 Preliminaries Consciousness / Joshua Shepherd chapter 3 Preliminaries Value / Joshua Shepherd chapter 4 Preliminaries Moral status / Joshua Shepherd part II An account of phenomenal value chapter 5 What it is like and beyond / Joshua Shepherd chapter 6 Evaluative phenomenal properties / Joshua Shepherd chapter 7 The importance of phenomenal character / Joshua Shepherd chapter 8 Contra Moore on an important point / Joshua Shepherd chapter 9 Hedonism about the value within consciousness / Joshua Shepherd chapter 10 The bearers of phenomenal value / Joshua Shepherd chapter 11 Thick experiences / Joshua Shepherd chapter 12 Meta-evaluative properties / Joshua Shepherd chapter 13 Evaluative spaces, part I / Joshua Shepherd chapter 14 Evaluative spaces, part II / Joshua Shepherd chapter 15 How far we have come / Joshua Shepherd part III Moral status and difficult cases chapter 16 Moral status Machines and post-persons / Joshua Shepherd chapter 17 Moral status The other animals / Joshua Shepherd chapter 18 Moral status Human cases / Joshua Shepherd.

It seems obvious that phenomenally conscious experience is something of great value, and that this value maps onto a range of important ethical issues. For example, claims about the value of life for those in Permanent Vegetative State (PVS); debates about treatment and study of disorders of consciousness; controversies about end-of-life care for those with advanced dementia; and arguments about the moral status of embryos, fetuses, and non-human animals arguably turn on the moral significance of various facts about consciousness. However, though work has been done on the moral significance of elements of consciousness, such as pain and pleasure, little explicit attention has been devoted to the ethical significance of consciousness.

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