0 the quality of being able to experience feelings:
The growing appreciation of whale intelligence and sentience has added an ethical dimension to the issue of whaling.
This thought experiment seeks to determine the moment of sentience of an artificial being.
If you are asking if there is more sentience in a whale than a chicken, I'm not qualified to answer that.
For today's student, an ingrained understanding of the sentience of nonhuman animals will lead to a better scientist tomorrow.
Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.
I will begin by describing some clichés and assumptions that must be overcome to reach openmindedness about the sentience of nonhuman animals.
This illuminates the ever more complex and dynamic interplay between biology, culture, sentience, and historical and social contexts.
As morality revolves around rational agency rather than sentience, happiness is not considered morally good.
