It’s sometimes worth distinguishing between “moral agent”, which makes decisions that have a moral impact, and a “moral target”, about which other agent’s decisions have a moral impact. Many entities are both, but not always.
What you’re calling a “moral target” is more commonly called a “moral patient” or an “entity of moral concern”
Thanks, those are better terms, which didn’t come to mind when I wrote the comment.
It’s sometimes worth distinguishing between “moral agent”, which makes decisions that have a moral impact, and a “moral target”, about which other agent’s decisions have a moral impact. Many entities are both, but not always.
What you’re calling a “moral target” is more commonly called a “moral patient” or an “entity of moral concern”
Thanks, those are better terms, which didn’t come to mind when I wrote the comment.