You’re assuming consciousness (or personhood or whatever) is binary; I’ve always assumed there’s a continuum. Then again, I’m vegetarian. If you assume that, say, the experiences of a chimpanzee or a dolphin or a dog cannot have moral weight then yes, crossing that boundary has some odd effects. And that does seem to be a common position on LW [citation needed], even if it’s not often articulated, let alone exposed to a reductio like this one, so … well done, more people should see this.
You’re assuming consciousness (or personhood or whatever) is binary; I’ve always assumed there’s a continuum. Then again, I’m vegetarian. If you assume that, say, the experiences of a chimpanzee or a dolphin or a dog cannot have moral weight then yes, crossing that boundary has some odd effects. And that does seem to be a common position on LW [citation needed], even if it’s not often articulated, let alone exposed to a reductio like this one, so … well done, more people should see this.