The aim of this article is to analyse the convinction that the possession of language is the necessary condition to obtain a moral status. We shall offer some counterexamples to the Cartesian view according to which language is the conditio sine qua non in order to gain moral consideration, a position that characterised many of the contemporary approaches to ethics
Can you speak? Well, are you moral?
CAFFO, LEONARDO
2013-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this article is to analyse the convinction that the possession of language is the necessary condition to obtain a moral status. We shall offer some counterexamples to the Cartesian view according to which language is the conditio sine qua non in order to gain moral consideration, a position that characterised many of the contemporary approaches to ethics
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