Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
by sabertoothed on Saturday September 10, 2016 @06:11PM
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Sorry, this thread exploded while I was afk.
I adopted this definition from Sam Harris (it was probably his TED talk on science and morals). What I mean by consciousness (and some people in this thread do not seem to have understood this) is not necessarily human-level consciousness, but the ability to suffer. And of course, there are different degrees to which animals are "capable" of suffering.
I did not expect this concept of morality to be controversial at all. I am surprised by the discussion.
I adopted this definition from Sam Harris (it was probably his TED talk on science and morals). What I mean by consciousness (and some people in this thread do not seem to have understood this) is not necessarily human-level consciousness, but the ability to suffer. And of course, there are different degrees to which animals are "capable" of suffering.
I did not expect this concept of morality to be controversial at all. I am surprised by the discussion.