Ethics of uncertain sentience
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ethics-of-uncertain-sentience-205-13792629
title:
Ethics of uncertain sentience
text:
The ethics of uncertain sentience refers to questions surrounding the treatment of and moral obligations towards individuals whose sentience—the capacity to subjectively sense and feel—and resulting ability to experience pain is uncertain; the topic has been particularly discussed within the field of animal ethics, with the precautionary principle frequently invoked in response.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Applied ethics issue
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_uncertain_sentience
date created:
2020-07-30T21:19:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:05:59Z
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13
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