Add to ORKGWe appreciate the goals of Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) and largely agree with their conclusions but we differ on some of their definitions and terms. Affects (emotional feelings) should be part of sentience. Although the evidence presented for insect sentience is strong, we list some of the counterevidence that should be considered. Our own research supports M&P’s choice of arthropods, cephalopods, and vertebrates as the only sentient organisms with moral status
Mikhalevich & Powell (2020) argue that it is wrong, both scientifically and morally, to dismiss the ...
The concept of sentience concerns the capacity to have feelings. There is evidence for sophisticated...
Mikhalevich & Powell argue that the exclusion of the vast majority of arthropods from moral standing...
We appreciate the goals of Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) and largely agree with their conclusions but w...
Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) set up the basic criteria for according moral status equitably, including...
Mikhalevich & Powell provide convincing empirical evidence that at least some invertebrates are sent...
It is high time to explore the sentience of invertebrate animals, but this topic cannot be discussed...
Welfare protections for vertebrates are grounded in the belief that vertebrates are sentient and cap...
Mikhalevich & Powell make a compelling case that some invertebrates may be sentient and that our mor...
Mikhalevich & Powell (2020) argue for considering the welfare of invertebrates, especially insects, ...
—Commentary on Mikhalevich and Powell on invertebrate minds.— Whether or not arthropods are sentient...
There is no way to include invertebrates within the moral sphere without being “extreme” — to use Mi...
Mikhalevich & Powell (2020) argue that it is wrong, both scientifically and morally, to dismiss the ...
The concept of sentience concerns the capacity to have feelings. There is evidence for sophisticated...
Mikhalevich & Powell argue that the exclusion of the vast majority of arthropods from moral standing...
We appreciate the goals of Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) and largely agree with their conclusions but w...
Mikhalevich & Powell (M&P) set up the basic criteria for according moral status equitably, including...
Mikhalevich & Powell provide convincing empirical evidence that at least some invertebrates are sent...
It is high time to explore the sentience of invertebrate animals, but this topic cannot be discussed...
Welfare protections for vertebrates are grounded in the belief that vertebrates are sentient and cap...
Mikhalevich & Powell make a compelling case that some invertebrates may be sentient and that our mor...
Mikhalevich & Powell (2020) argue for considering the welfare of invertebrates, especially insects, ...
—Commentary on Mikhalevich and Powell on invertebrate minds.— Whether or not arthropods are sentient...
There is no way to include invertebrates within the moral sphere without being “extreme” — to use Mi...
Mikhalevich & Powell (2020) argue that it is wrong, both scientifically and morally, to dismiss the ...
The concept of sentience concerns the capacity to have feelings. There is evidence for sophisticated...
Mikhalevich & Powell argue that the exclusion of the vast majority of arthropods from moral standing...