Merely being human is morally significant.

Merely being human is morally significant.

All human beings - not merely neuro-typicals - need to be seen in ethics in the light of a conception of what is humanly important.

In ethics all individual humans are rightly seen, not only as beings to whom things matter, but as beings who accordingly merit concern and solicitude.

In our efforts to get human beings empirically into focus in ethics, we have a standing obligation not only to revisit and, if necessary, rework our conception of human importance, but also to ensure that our best conception is indeed the lens through which we look at our fellow human beings.