Honestly, these dogs might be the sole reason I'm not a legitimately terrible person
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That's super adorable and I love your chihuahua for it! That could still be the case without sentience though, no? For instance: people drive cars while sleeping in some conditions (being supposedly unconscious). Observed (complex) behavior is not enough to infer consciousness.
It's not the case that I can tell. It is the case that I would be less human if I treated such a creature like an automoton
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I think David’s view of the moral importance of people can be found in dogs because dogs are the result of people. Technology in strange way. We took wolves and turned them into “people wolves” and so the reason we prefer dogs to wolves is the residue of people-ness.
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...or simply the fact that the dogs (usually) won't rip us to shreds?
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I just find the thought fascinating since it's so counter-intuitive, as you say. And just to be clear: I love animals and would rather edge on the side of caution than the other way around.
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