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Ethical extensionism is an argument in environmental ethics that moral standing ought to be extended to things (animals, plants, species, the earth) that traditionally are not thought of as having moral standing. For example, while many cultures differ as to what, exactly, is "murder", all cultures take it as wrong to commit murder. An example of ethical extensionism would be to extend to dogs or cats the status of being something that can be murdered, so that it would be wrong under some circumstances to kill a dog or cat.

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  • Ethical extensionism (en)
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  • Ethical extensionism is an argument in environmental ethics that moral standing ought to be extended to things (animals, plants, species, the earth) that traditionally are not thought of as having moral standing. For example, while many cultures differ as to what, exactly, is "murder", all cultures take it as wrong to commit murder. An example of ethical extensionism would be to extend to dogs or cats the status of being something that can be murdered, so that it would be wrong under some circumstances to kill a dog or cat. (en)
  • Extensionismo moral denomina uma abordagem filosófica ao problema do valor dos seres não-humanos na ética ambiental e animal que defende a extensão de valores éticos familiares a uma categoria maior de seres. Uma estratégia comum do extensionismo moral é discutir uma crença moral amplamente compartilhada e mostrar que ela implica uma categoria muito maior de seres além do humano. Essa abordagem acompanha frequentemente a defesa do sencientismo. (pt)
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  • Ethical extensionism is an argument in environmental ethics that moral standing ought to be extended to things (animals, plants, species, the earth) that traditionally are not thought of as having moral standing. For example, while many cultures differ as to what, exactly, is "murder", all cultures take it as wrong to commit murder. An example of ethical extensionism would be to extend to dogs or cats the status of being something that can be murdered, so that it would be wrong under some circumstances to kill a dog or cat. On the one hand, ethical extensionism is a broadening of the class of things to which humans may owe an ethical duty. But Des Jardins makes the point that most ethical extensionism has been merely broadening the ethical sphere incrementally, a process not agreeable to some environmental ethicists who would prefer more of a total replacement of traditional ethics with an entirely new approach. So, while ethical extensionism can, in principle, broaden the sphere of ethical standing to any arbitrary limits, the extensionist approach is seen by more recent ethical theorists as being inadequate. (en)
  • Extensionismo moral denomina uma abordagem filosófica ao problema do valor dos seres não-humanos na ética ambiental e animal que defende a extensão de valores éticos familiares a uma categoria maior de seres. Uma estratégia comum do extensionismo moral é discutir uma crença moral amplamente compartilhada e mostrar que ela implica uma categoria muito maior de seres além do humano. Essa abordagem acompanha frequentemente a defesa do sencientismo. A estratégia extensionista é atribuida ao pensador da ética animal Peter Singer, em sua defesa da considerabilidade moral dos seres sencientes, à Tom Regan por sua defesa do valor moral de seres pertencentes à categoria que elabora de 'sujeitos de uma vida', e outros filósofos da ética ambiental como Steve F. Sapontzis, Mary Midgley e David DeGrazia. (pt)
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