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James Wallace Reid, Mark D. 2015-09-28T16:20:51Z 2015-09-28T16:20:51Z 10000-01-01 2006 2006 Moral philosophers often claim that animals lack the basic capacities needed for morality. However, with no account that states the minimal requirements for being a moral agent, that claim is vulnerable. After developing such an account, the dissertation shows that many species of mammals satisfy the minimal requirements for moral agency---specialized emotional capacities that emerge from early attachment processes and motivate moral behavior in humans and other mammals. Additionally, the absence of these emotional capacities explains the absence of moral agency---psychopathy, in humans and other mammals. Making a clear case that mammals possess moral agency has importance for philosophical ethics, philosophical psychology, empirical thought and research, and societal beliefs and practices. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T16:20:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3250315.pdf: 4371220 bytes, checksum: b17577566f48473057a3815c2a3f219e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 88880 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 178 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87599 (MiAaPQ)AAI3250315 eng Philosophy Nature and Origin of Moral Agency in Mammalia text Philosophy Philosophy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.