I’m not sure everyone spends much time thinking about sentience. But people seem prone to empathy and the more an animal seems like a person, the more empathy we have.
An animal could be more “personlike” on different dimensions including sentience, but also including facial expressions.
I’m not sure everyone spends much time thinking about sentience. But people seem prone to empathy and the more an animal seems like a person, the more empathy we have.
An animal could be more “personlike” on different dimensions including sentience, but also including facial expressions.