Moral patienthood is the condition of deserving moral consideration. A moral patient is an entity that possesses moral patienthood. While it is normally agreed that typical humans are moral patients, there is debate about the patienthood of many other types of beings, including human embryos, non-human animals, future people, and digital sentients. Moral patienthood should not be confused with moral agency.[1] For example, we might think that a baby lacks moral agency - it lacks the ability ...
