Sure, I probably should’ve been more precise in my wording, although I’ll note that my point still got across concisely. The answers to your questions are wrapped up in lots of morality/ethics/prickly questions, but here’s my thoughts with ~30 seconds of thinking:
1. Moral patients have some level of self-awareness, consciousness(?), and capacity for suffering. 2. Agree—doesn’t really matter.
I haven’t dug into the literature and arguments around moral patienthood, but would love to at some point.
Sure, I probably should’ve been more precise in my wording, although I’ll note that my point still got across concisely. The answers to your questions are wrapped up in lots of morality/ethics/prickly questions, but here’s my thoughts with ~30 seconds of thinking:
1. Moral patients have some level of self-awareness, consciousness(?), and capacity for suffering.
2. Agree—doesn’t really matter.
I haven’t dug into the literature and arguments around moral patienthood, but would love to at some point.