Eating meat is good, says the philosopher

Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by justintrtle on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:49AM (#32265974)

How does the claim that animals are sentient make the word meaningless?

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Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by thriftwy on Thursday July 28, 2022 @11:58AM (#32266105)

Then there's nobody who is not sentient, and we need a separate word for those who can, like, talk and use tools.

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Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by NateEag on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:13PM (#32266353)

I have seen the word "sapient" used to delineate the ways in which humans seem to differ from most animals.

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Re:Eating meat is good, says the philosopher by thriftwy on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:21PM (#32266469)

I expected that, but it's highly likely that Neanderthals and/or Habilis would also qualify as sentient (old definition), whereas it would be confusing to say that they are both "sapient".

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