considerability

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noun

The state or quality of being considerable.

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Meanings

nounconsiderability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being considerable.

    Goodpaster suggests that being alive is the criterion of moral considerability.

    1998, Clare Palmer, Environmental Ethics and Process Thinking, page 63
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    Theories of welfare and theories of considerability are, therefore, inextricably linked.

    1998, Mark H. Bernstein, On Moral Considerability: An Essay on Who Morally Matters, page 16

    The attribute possessed by many animals, which is usually considered relevant for moral considerability in the animal ethics literature, is sentience.

    2022, Catia Faria, Animal Ethics in the Wild: Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature, page 10

Origin

From consider + -ability.

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