Moral agency and patiency are perceived along continuous dimensions rather than as binary categories.

Evidence

Moral agency and patiency are not qualitative categories, and instead they are often perceived as matters of degree. An adult human has greater moral agency than a child, for example, and so will more often be held responsible for harm or help. A child, in contrast, will often be seen as having greater moral patiency than an adult, in that the child is more vulnerable and sensitive to harm. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 16

Categorization

• SEED: Adult-versus-child tradeoff frames a testable prediction: recategorizing a group changes which dimension dominates perception, shifting responsibility and vulnerability attributions simultaneously.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 16
• XREF: connects to: Moral agency and patiency are distinct from general agency and patiency. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 163; Perceived moral agency and perceived patiency may trade off inversely even at extreme levels. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 59; Moral agent and moral patient categories are mutually exclusive yet overlapping. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 160

Broader Connections

• Moral agency and patiency are distinct from general agency and patiency. #qualifies (0.75) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 163
• Perceived moral agency and perceived patiency may trade off inversely even at extreme levels. #expands (0.72) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 59