So, a question for anyone who both agrees with that formulation and thinks that “we should care about the suffering of animals” (or some similar view):
Do you think that animals can “want to get out of the state they’re in”?
This varies from animal to animal. There’s a fair amount of research/examination into which animals appear to do so, some of which is linked to elsewhere in this discussion. (At least some examination was linked to in response to a statement about fish)
Ok, that seems workable to a first approximation.
So, a question for anyone who both agrees with that formulation and thinks that “we should care about the suffering of animals” (or some similar view):
Do you think that animals can “want to get out of the state they’re in”?
Yes?
This varies from animal to animal. There’s a fair amount of research/examination into which animals appear to do so, some of which is linked to elsewhere in this discussion. (At least some examination was linked to in response to a statement about fish)