Will theory cannot exclude infants without also excluding sleeping adults

Evidence

Any theory of rights that excludes infants should be able to state a principled reason for excluding them — a reason that does not also exclude sleeping adults, severely cognitively impaired persons, or future generations, all of whom also lack the capacity for current active choice. The will theory could not produce that principled reason. Its exclusion of children was a reductio ad absurdum, not a theoretical achievement. — , The Rod and the Child, 7679

Categorization

• SEED: A sharp reductio argument usable in any essay on rights theory or disability ethics — broadens the same argument to adults with cognitive impairment.
• XREF: connects to: Any rights theory excluding children also excludes sleeping adults and impaired persons — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7732

Related

• Any rights theory excluding children also excludes sleeping adults and impaired persons (similarity 0.88)

Broader Connections

• Any rights theory excluding children also excludes sleeping adults and impaired persons #corroborates (0.95) — , The Rod and the Child, 7732