We don't have an agreed way to determine what obligations we owe to people with severe cognitive disabilities.
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Philosophy & Ethics
Many ethical frameworks tie moral status to rationality or self-awareness, which complicates how we justify the strong obligations most people feel toward those without these capacities. This unresolved gap remains ethically significant.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01078: We don't have an agreed way to determine what obligations we owe to people with severe cognitive disabilities.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1078