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Intuitions and the Value of a Person
Author(s) -
Haldane John
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.339
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5930
pISSN - 0264-3758
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5930.00042
Subject(s) - appeal , intuition , normative , epistemology , value (mathematics) , normative ethics , value theory , ethical theories , intrinsic value (animal ethics) , sociology , philosophy , environmental ethics , positive economics , law , political science , economics , mathematics , statistics
In contemporary moral theory and normative ethics there is frequent recourse to ‘intuitions’ of value. One current instance of this is the appeal in reproductive and population ethics to the thought that the existence of a human being is not as such good or bad. Here the status and substance of this assumption are challenged. In addition, doubt is cast on the value of appeals to intuition where these are not related to some philosophical account of the grounds of value.