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单词 sentience
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sentience
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsen.ti.əns//ˈsen.ʃəns/us
/ˈsen.ʃəns/
thequalityof beingabletoexperiencefeelings:
Why arehumansnotwillingtoacceptthefullsentience of otheranimals?
Research onanimalsentience isbeginningtoinformapproachestoanimalwelfare.
See
sentient
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  • Thegrowingappreciationofwhaleintelligenceand sentience hasaddedanethicaldimensionto theissueofwhaling.
  • Thisthoughtexperimentseekstodeterminethemomentof sentience of anartificialbeing.
  • If you areaskingif there is more sentience in awhalethan achicken, I'm notqualifiedtoanswerthat.
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(Definition ofsentiencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsentience

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For today's student, an ingrained understanding of thesentienceof nonhuman animals will lead to a better scientist tomorrow.
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Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiringsentienceit acquires interests and moral status.
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I will begin by describing some clichés and assumptions that must be overcome to reach openmindedness about thesentienceof nonhuman animals.
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This illuminates the ever more complex and dynamic interplay between biology, culture,sentience, and historical and social contexts.
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As morality revolves around rational agency rather thansentience, happiness is not considered morally good.
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Equalsentiencebeing the only 'sure thing', it may only serve to justify such a postulation.
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A review of the literature does suggest, however, that there is no serious possibility ofsentienceemerging until a relatively advanced stage of the pregnancy.
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It was the first element ofsentiencein perception.
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Most animals, he notes, have capacities for mobility, perception andsentiencethat are essential to their kind.
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The ability to acquire information impliessentienceon the part of the acquirer, which again makes it more likely to be human.
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In some of these philosophical accounts,sentience, or awareness and the ability to experience, is required to generate independent moral status.
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It won't be effective with those people who believe that they continue to exist as long as their brain realizes even minimalsentience.
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Early human embryos are not a scarce resource, are not examples of an endangered species, and, lackingsentience, have no intrinsic moral value.
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Some have suggestedsentienceas an alternative criterion or incipient neurological activity as a feasible indicator of personhood.
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This interest is clearly a moral interest: music announcessentience, movement, passion, life.
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