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20Binary Properties as the Basis of EqualityAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 61 (2): 157-163. 2024.“Basic equality” is the thesis that all (or nearly all) human beings are equal in moral status. Widespread interpersonal differences among humans make the task of justifying basic equality notoriously difficult. One strategy for circumventing this difficulty is to identify some morally significant binary (“all-or-nothing”) property that all humans have. This strategy seems promising: if the basis of equality is binary, then those who have it have it equally. However, skeptics have argued against…Read more
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21Dimensions of Consciousness and the Moral Status of Brain OrganoidsNeuroethics 17 (1): 1-15. 2023.Human brain organoids (HBOs) are novel entities that may exhibit unique forms of cognitive potential. What moral status, if any, do they have? Several authors propose that consciousness may hold the answer to this question. Others identify various _kinds of_ consciousness as crucially important for moral consideration, while leaving open the challenge of determining whether HBOs have them. This paper aims to make progress on these questions in two ways. First, it proposes a framework for thinkin…Read more
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17Equality and a Complete Ban on the Sale of CigarettesKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 33 (1): 91-113. 2023.ABSTRACT:In the last two decades it has become increasingly common to advocate for a complete ban on the sale of cigarettes. One reason in favor of such a ban is egalitarian: differences in the prevalence of smoking between socioeconomic groups go a long way in explaining health inequality, and a complete ban might be effective in reducing this inequality. However, a complete ban might also be objectionable on egalitarian grounds if issued with a discriminatory intent or if it is selectively pat…Read more
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24The Value of Being a Child: An Intuitive Case for a Development ViewJournal of Value Inquiry 57 (1): 21-39. 2023.
University of Chicago
Alumnus, 2018
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
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Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Action |
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
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