> While the declaration has implications for the treatment of animals, and especially for the prevention of animal suffering I don't think it does because you

> While the declaration has implications for the treatment of animals, and especially for the prevention of animal suffering I don't think it does because you can't derive ought from is. We could know exactly what consciousness is but it says absolutely nothing about whether or not we should be respecting it. Applying the Golden Rule (I don't like pain, therefore inflicting pain is bad) is outside the realm of science and requires another framework in order to justify it.