The terms' moral status' and'moral standing'are sometimes used interchangeably, but in the
analysis that follows I will distinguish them. I will say that a being has moral standing if it …

Are children of equal, lesser, or perhaps even greater moral importance than adults? This
work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as …

IF an otherwise plausible normative moral theory makes unusually heavy demands of
individual agents, what is the appropriate response to that theory? Here are four …

Some people contend that fetuses have moral status but less than that of paradigm persons.
Many people hold views implying that sentient animals have moral status but less than that …

Many people believe that all human beings have the same basic, moral status, that is, that
they are all rightholders. For example, this belief is encapsulated in the Universal …

Grotius asserted that human beings would have obligations “even if we should concede that
which cannot be conceded without the utmost wickedness, that there is no God, or that the …

Why should we act morally? What justification is to be found in moral demands? This lucid,
pithy, and eminently readable book examines the arguments in favor of the claims of moral …

A discussion of moral norms, their source, meaning, and limits, is one of the most important
and controversial discussions in moral theology today. This book integrates into a survey the …

Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with the legitimacy of
morality's claim on us—especially its ostensible aim to motivate certain actions of all persons …

Originally published in 1970, the papers in this volume discuss the essential and defining
characteristics of morality and moral issues and examine how moral views differ from …