Rethinking Sentience: Invertebrates as Worthy of Moral Consideration DOI Creative Commons
Cecília de Souza Valente

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(1)

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

The ethical debate on the moral consideration of non-human animals (hereafter animals) is currently centred evidence sentience in these individuals. Legal protection for vertebrates and cephalopods (and decapods UK) has resulted from recognition animals. Although one should celebrate significant advances legal recent decades, current animal legislation modulated by an instrumental viewpoint, remaining speciesist anthropocentric. A sentient being here understood as who phenomenological experience awareness, which most basic sense phenomenal consciousness that implies existence a subject not indifferent to what happens itself. This paper demonstrates, with reasonable assumptions, this concept would apply many invertebrate species, thus deeming them worthy increased protection. In cases cannot be demonstrated clearly, assume precautionary principle consider intrinsic value each designate consideration. considering primary condition consideration, science must expand recognized rather than reductionist. Animal ethics review whom given. include legislative innovations invertebrates its protective scope. Thereby, improvement political decisions rooted ethics. Opening perception broadening are urgent, given all

Language: Английский

Animal sentience DOI
Heather Browning, Jonathan Birch

Philosophy Compass, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(5)

Published: March 17, 2022

Abstract ‘Sentience’ sometimes refers to the capacity for any type of subjective experience, and have experiences with a positive or negative valence, such as pain pleasure. We review recent controversies regarding sentience in fish invertebrates consider deep methodological challenge posed by these cases. then present two ways responding challenge. In policy‐making context, precautionary thinking can help us treat animals appropriately despite continuing uncertainty about their sentience. scientific we draw inspiration from science human consciousness disentangle conscious unconscious perception (especially vision) animals. Developing better affect is key priority future research.

Language: Английский

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80
Predicting the moral consideration of artificial intelligences DOI
Janet V. T. Pauketat, Jacy Reese Anthis

Computers in Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 136, P. 107372 - 107372

Published: June 28, 2022

Language: Английский

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Insights into Decapod Sentience: Applying the General Welfare Index (GWI) for Whiteleg Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei—Boone, 1931) Reared in Aquaculture Grow-Out Ponds DOI Creative Commons
Ana Silvia Pedrazzani, Nathieli Cozer, Murilo Henrique Quintiliano

et al.

Fishes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(11), P. 440 - 440

Published: Oct. 29, 2024

The rapid growth of shrimp farming, particularly Penaeus vannamei, accounts for about 80% the global production farmed and involves cultivation approximately 383 to 977 billion individuals annually, which highlights urgent need address ethical technical implications raising potentially sentient beings. This study builds on state-of-the-art assessment sentience, consciousness, stress, distress, nociception, pain perception, welfare adapt General Welfare Index (GWI) shrimp. GWI is a quantitative index developed by our research group measure degree in aquaculture, it has been previously applied grass carp tilapia. Using PRISMA methodology creation hypothetical farm, GWI, with 31 specific measurable indicators across various domains, adapted P. offering comprehensive framework. inclusion promises improve living conditions alignment legislation adopted decapods’ sentience contemporary scientific advances.

Language: Английский

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5
Insentient “cognition”? DOI Creative Commons
Stevan Harnad

Animal Sentience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(33)

Published: March 4, 2023

A sentient state is a that it feels like something to be in. Cows have them, cars don't. Cognitive capacities are subset of behavioral capacities. Not all cognitive (but the distinction fuzzy). Might difference do with whether behaver sentient?

Language: Английский

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Consciousness, Sapience and Sentience—A Metacybernetic View DOI Creative Commons
Maurice Yolles

Systems, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(6), P. 254 - 254

Published: Dec. 13, 2022

Living systems are complex dynamic information processing energy consuming entities with properties of consciousness, intelligence, sapience, and sentience. Sapience sentience autonomous attributes consciousness. While sapience has been well studied over the years, that is relatively rare. The nature will be considered, a metacybernetic framework using structural adopted to explore metaphysics Metacybernetics delivers cyberintrinsic model cybernetic in nature, but also uses theory arising from Frieden’s work Fisher information. This used their relationship. Since living energy-consuming entities, it natural for thermodynamic metaphysical models arise, most theoretical studies have set within framework. Hence, approach introduced connected theory. In contexts, thermodynamics free-energy, which plays same role modelling as intrinsic exist at dynamical interface thermodynamics, overall purpose this paper alternative perspective metacybernetics.

Language: Английский

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Wine Tourism: the role of community sentience DOI Creative Commons
Luiz Carlos da Silva Flôres, Tércio Pereira, Cristiane Berselli

et al.

Caderno Pedagógico, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(6), P. e4215 - e4215

Published: June 7, 2024

Wine tourism has emerged as an economic diversification strategy for wine regions, seeking to valorize local products and attract investments. Like any sector, impacts various aspects of residents' lives where it is implemented. This impact can influence the decision support development in community. Therefore, this study aims analyze role sentience supporting tourism, using Social Capital Theory (SCT) Stakeholder (ST) methodological bases. The research employed online questionnaire, with 549 responses, which 498 were considered analysis. results indicate that community positively related attachment, perception social, economic, environmental well tourism. While have a positive on support, they do not motivate participation. may participation, but are directly support. Environmental crucial both participation Surprisingly, negative relationship Additionally, all proposed relationships study. These highlight importance considering perceptions attitudes planning suggesting engagement strategies mitigation promote greater acceptance activity. In conclusion, understanding sentiments essential sustainable development. By integrating perspectives addressing their concerns, stakeholders foster supportive environment benefits industry

Language: Английский

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Human-Invertebrate Relations and the Invertebrate Justice Model DOI

Russil Durrant

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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0
Rethinking Sentience: Invertebrates as Worthy of Moral Consideration DOI Creative Commons
Cecília de Souza Valente

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(1)

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

The ethical debate on the moral consideration of non-human animals (hereafter animals) is currently centred evidence sentience in these individuals. Legal protection for vertebrates and cephalopods (and decapods UK) has resulted from recognition animals. Although one should celebrate significant advances legal recent decades, current animal legislation modulated by an instrumental viewpoint, remaining speciesist anthropocentric. A sentient being here understood as who phenomenological experience awareness, which most basic sense phenomenal consciousness that implies existence a subject not indifferent to what happens itself. This paper demonstrates, with reasonable assumptions, this concept would apply many invertebrate species, thus deeming them worthy increased protection. In cases cannot be demonstrated clearly, assume precautionary principle consider intrinsic value each designate consideration. considering primary condition consideration, science must expand recognized rather than reductionist. Animal ethics review whom given. include legislative innovations invertebrates its protective scope. Thereby, improvement political decisions rooted ethics. Opening perception broadening are urgent, given all

Language: Английский

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0