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How should we treat beings that might be sentient?

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75% Informative

Jonathan Birch was one of a team of experts chosen by the UK government to establish the Animal Welfare Act (or Sentience Act) in 2022 .

According to Birch , even insects may possess sentience, which he defines as the capacity to have valenced experiences, or experiences that feel good or bad.

Birch discusses people with disorders of consciousness, embryos and fetuses, neural organoids (brain tissue grown in a dish).

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75

Informative language

74

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44

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

77

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not offensive

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not hateful

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long-living

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