moral standing

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Definition of moral standing in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of moral standing in English English dictionary

* A being's moral standing determines the extent to which its well-being must be ethically considered for its own sake To say that some group of beings have moral standing is to say that, as a moral matter, their well-being must be given some consideration It does not decide the question of whether they have the same moral standing as people (and thus have "human" rights) The welfare of such beings, for example cattle, might be considered for prudential reasons, too, but that would not require that they have moral standing For example one might judge that it would be important to feed one's cattle, just as one might decide it was stupid to throw one's stamp collection into the river, thinking of the stamps or cattle as an investment without believing that either the cattle or the stamps deserve better treatment In that case one would not be considering the moral standing of the cattle

A being's moral standing determines the extent to which its well-being must be ethically considered for its own sake To say that some group of beings have moral standing is to say that, as a moral matter, their well-being must be given some consideration It does not decide the question of whether they have the same moral standing as people (and thus have "human" rights) The welfare of such beings, for example cattle, might be considered for prudential reasons, too, but that would not require that they have moral standing For example one might judge that it would be important to feed one's cattle, just as one might decide it was stupid to throw one's stamp collection into the river, thinking of the stamps or cattle as an investment without believing that either the cattle or the stamps deserve better treatment In that case one would not be considering the moral standing of the cattle

Hyphenation

mor·al stand·ing

Turkish pronunciation

môrıl ständîng

Pronunciation

/ˈmôrəl ˈstandəɴɢ/ /ˈmɔːrəl ˈstændɪŋ/