What is the Ethical Value of Viruses? Cover Image

Каква е етическата стойност на вирусите?
What is the Ethical Value of Viruses?

Author(s): Kristian Naidenov
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: viruses; smallpox; legal rights; values; anthropocentrism; biocentrism; bioethics

Summary/Abstract: The value of non-human organic beings can be defined in several ways depending on the different perspectives. At present the debate on environmental protection is gaining more and more popularity and the protagonists in the field of ethics are the biocentric and anthropocentric theories. We are focusing on the issue of viruses, as it is becoming increasingly easier to judge whether we have to experiment with animals or not, to be vegan, pescetarians, carnivores, etc., but if we want to go further and refine our understanding of living organisms in general, we must try to answer whether the viruses have a value, whether they can have rights, whether they are living organisms, etc. The question is especially interesting if we put it in the context of the above-mentioned theories

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 186-194
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian