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argument from marginal cases

philosophical argument for animal rights stating that, since human marginal cases (infants, the senile, the comatose, and the cognitively disabled) have direct moral status, so do animals
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argument from marginal cases

Summary

argument from marginal cases is an argument[1]. It draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (argument category, ranking #13 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • argument from marginal cases's instance of is recorded as argument[3].
  • argument from marginal cases's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0263mbp[4].
  • argument from marginal cases's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776944801[5].

Why It Matters

argument from marginal cases draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (argument category, ranking #13 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_argument-from-marginal-cases_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{argument from marginal cases}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/argument-from-marginal-cases}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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