Define a moral agent Why is this concept important in issues

Define a moral agent. Why is this concept important in issues of rights and responsibilities?

Solution

A moral agent is a being that is “capable of acting with reference to right and wrong”. A moral agent is anything that can be held responsible for behavior or decisions. “It is moral agents who have rights and responsibilities, because it is moral agents whom we take to have choices and the power to choose”

This is very important as sometime in a situation of crisis somone has to take a final decision.