“Understanding the PD” per se is an arbitrary requirement. Recognition of an animal’s ethical worth should depend on a less parochial standard, like whether they act on gratefulness / reciprocity / Golden Rule / subjunctive consequences. I would consider it close enough that e.g. the animal does good things for you as a result of you having done good things for it.
I don’t know about birds, but domestic cats and dogs definitely meet that standard.
“Understanding the PD” per se is an arbitrary requirement. Recognition of an animal’s ethical worth should depend on a less parochial standard, like whether they act on gratefulness / reciprocity / Golden Rule / subjunctive consequences. I would consider it close enough that e.g. the animal does good things for you as a result of you having done good things for it.
I don’t know about birds, but domestic cats and dogs definitely meet that standard.
I’m not so much concerned about an animal’s “ethical worth”, I just don’t want anybody force-feeding me in order to eat my liver.
CooperateBots practice cargo cult decision theory. (I probably miss your point, in which case please clarify.)