Nagel had no problems with taking objective attributes of experience—e.g. indicia of suffering—and comparing them for the purposes of political and moral debate. The equivalence or even comparability of subjective experience (whether between different humans or different species) is not necessary for an equivalence of moral depravity.
Nagel had no problems with taking objective attributes of experience—e.g. indicia of suffering—and comparing them for the purposes of political and moral debate. The equivalence or even comparability of subjective experience (whether between different humans or different species) is not necessary for an equivalence of moral depravity.