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I don't think sentience should be a criteria for value of life. Even if a lion isn't sentient, so what? This speciest emphasis on human-like features as criter
by littletimmy 11y ago
I don't think sentience should be a criteria for value of life. Even if a lion isn't sentient, so what?
This speciest emphasis on human-like features as criterion for value shouldn't be dominant in the first place.
- hodwik 11y agoIf sentience isn't the requirement, where do we draw the line on AI? Do we have to treat dead things nicely?
- littletimmy 11y agoWe can take a global macro view when it comes to animals. Why should their lives be as important as people's? Ability to feel pain? Scarcity? [In the sense that there are 7 billion people and only 5000 tigers, so we should focus on saving the tiger?]