How Long to Read Life Without Degrees of Moral Status

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Without Degrees of Moral Status?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read Life Without Degrees of Moral Status by David Wendler

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"Most people believe there are degrees of moral status. Most prominently, they believe that animals matter morally, but human beings matter significantly more than animals. This belief explains why we put animals in cages, conduct pain-inducing experiments on them and eat them for dinner. Belief in degrees of moral status also raises the possibility that robots and genetically enhanced human beings could become significantly more important than the rest of us, in which case they might be justified in putting us in cages, experimenting on us, and eating us for dinner. The present work thus systematically assesses whether, in fact, some individuals are more important morally than others. It distinguishes between moral status conferring, moral action guiding, and moral status enhancing properties, and argues that degrees of moral status require moral status enhancing properties. It then considers whether some properties are moral status enhancing to in the sense that they increase the most status of those who possess them. This analysis reveals that there are no moral status enhancing properties, hence, no degrees of moral status. The book then considers the implications of this conclusion for seven issues: 1. The difference between a world that includes degrees of moral status and one that doesn't; 2. Our obligations to help animals; 3. Animal rights; 4. Raising animals and eating them; 5. Animal experimentation; 6. Humans who lack superior cognitive capacities; and 7. Human-animal chimeras, robots and genetically enhanced human beings"--

How long is Life Without Degrees of Moral Status?

Life Without Degrees of Moral Status by David Wendler is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Without Degrees of Moral Status Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Life Without Degrees of Moral Status aloud.

What Reading Level is Life Without Degrees of Moral Status?

Life Without Degrees of Moral Status is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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