Noun
considerability (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being considerable.
1998, Mark H. Bernstein, On Moral Considerability: An Essay on Who Morally Matters, page 16:Theories of welfare and theories of considerability are, therefore, inextricably linked.
1998, Clare Palmer, Environmental Ethics and Process Thinking, page 63:Goodpaster suggests that being alive is the criterion of moral considerability.
2022, Catia Faria, Animal Ethics in the Wild: Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature, page 10:The attribute possessed by many animals, which is usually considered relevant for moral considerability in the animal ethics literature, is sentience.