Persistent vegetative state, akinetic mutism and consciousness

<p>There is a strong intuition that conscious beings have a special kind and perhaps an especially high degree of moral significance denied to beings that lack consciousness. Though we think that the way in which this special significance is spelt out is often misleading, we think that the int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davies, W, Levy, N
Other Authors: Sinnott-Armstrong, W
Format: Book section
Published: Oxford University Press 2016