How certain are you that there is such a qualitative difference, and that you want to care about it? If there is some empirical (or perhaps also normative) uncertainty, shouldn’t you at least attribute some amount of concern for sentient beings that lack self-awareness?
How certain are you that there is such a qualitative difference, and that you want to care about it? If there is some empirical (or perhaps also normative) uncertainty, shouldn’t you at least attribute some amount of concern for sentient beings that lack self-awareness?
I second this. Really not sure what justifies such confidence.