Tag: Jeff Sebo

Abstract bacteria, probiotics, gram positive bacteria bacteria and viruses of various shapes against a light background. Concept of science, medicine. Microbiology background. 3d illustration.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 16, 2025

Categorized
Human exceptionalism

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Jeff Sebo, Moral Circle (Norton 2025), Preborn children}

In Moral Terms, Are Microbes More Important Than People?

_{Jeff Sebo advocates widening the moral circle to include, plants, microbes, and computers in a sort of radical equality} _{Wesley J. Smith
March 16, 2025

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Human exceptionalism}

With all the talk of morality, I was particularly struck by a category of moral “patients” he fails to discuss: gestating human babies. Read More ›

multiracial group with black african American Caucasian and Asian hands holding each other wrist in tolerance unity love and anti racism concept

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 22, 2022

Categorized
Environment, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Jeff Sebo, Wesley J. Smith (on human exceptionalism)}

Prof: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{New York University environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2022

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Environment, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind}

New York University environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo, co-author of Chimpanzee Rights (2018), sees human exceptionalism (the idea that there is something unique about human beings) as a danger to humans and other life forms. He does not think that we should necessarily prioritize humans over animals: Most humans take this idea of human exceptionalism for granted. And it makes sense that we do, since we benefit from the notion that we matter more than other animals. But this statement is still worth critically assessing. Can we really justify the idea that some lives carry more ethical weight than others in general, and that human lives carry more ethical weight than nonhuman lives in particular? And even if so, does it Read More ›