Human capacities and moral status
HUMAN CAPACITIES AND MORAL STATUS
Philosophy and Medicine
VOLUME 108
Founding Co-Editor
Stuart F. Spicker
Senior Editor
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Department of Philosophy, Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Associate Editor
Lisa M. Rasmussen, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Editorial Board
George J. Agich, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio
Nicholas Capaldi, College of Business Administration, Loyola University,
New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Edmund Erde, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford,
New Jersey
Christopher Tollefsen, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., President Loyola University, New Orleans,
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Russell DiSilvestro
Department of Philosophy
California State University
Sacramento
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ISBN 978-90-481-8536-8 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8537-5
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Philosophy and Medicine
VOLUME 108
Founding Co-Editor
Stuart F. Spicker
Senior Editor
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Department of Philosophy, Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Associate Editor
Lisa M. Rasmussen, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Editorial Board
George J. Agich, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio
Nicholas Capaldi, College of Business Administration, Loyola University,
New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Edmund Erde, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford,
New Jersey
Christopher Tollefsen, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., President Loyola University, New Orleans,
New Orleans, Louisiana
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6414 HUMAN CAPACITIES
AND MORAL STATUS by RUSSELL DISILVESTRO
California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA
123
Russell DiSilvestro
Department of Philosophy
California State University
Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento CA 95819
Mendocino Hall 3016
USA
rdisilv@csus.edu
ISSN 0376-7418
ISBN 978-90-481-8536-8 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8537-5
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8537-5
Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010920978
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.
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