Integrating evolution into the study of animal sentience
Walter Veit
Abstract
Like many others, I see Crump et al. (2022) as a milestone for improving upon previous guidelines and for extending their framework to decapod crustaceans. Their proposal would benefit from a firm evolutionary foundation by adding the comparative measurement of life-history complexity as a ninth criterion for attributing sentience to nonhuman animals.
Topics & Concepts
SentienceMilestoneNinthFoundation (evidence)Environmental ethicsPsychologyBiologyEcologyEpistemologyZoologyPhilosophyHistoryArchaeologyAcousticsPhysicsInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior