Lukas_Gloor comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Lukas_Gloor 28 July 2013 06:24PM

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 28 July 2013 09:12:15PM 14 points [-]

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?

Comment author: thebestwecan 11 June 2014 12:54:38AM 0 points [-]

I second this. Really not sure what justifies such confidence.