Word: sentient
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...label Domino Records, whose first release was a Sebadoh album. Finding that their creative vibe was still there, they decided to tour, bringing along a boom box with cheaply recorded drum lines to fill out the combo. In concert, the boom box sits on a stool between the two sentient members of the band, and its tinny tones are a reminder of the band’s lo-fi roots...
...complexity without making it strictly about cultural gulfs. On the opposite end of the comix scale is "Oliver Pikk," featuring a walking, talking skewered olive who complains about his sex life. Why doesn't he believe in aliens, for example? Because, "the thought of an entire species of sentient beings having sex while I'm sitting at home alone picking at my scabs is enough to kill myself?faster...
...These embryos are obviously not sentient beings,” Singer said. “They are clusters of cells. They have no anatomy. They have no brain. They can’t feel anything...
...book’s publication in 1975, many philosophers clamored to refute Singer’s compelling arguments for extending moral consideration to animals, but today, few would seriously argue that animals are completely without moral status. There simply aren’t any plausible ethical arguments for treating sentient animals like garbage, but many people still disregard animal suffering whenever avoiding it would inconvenience them in any way. According to the unreflective PETA-bashing that appears in the media, just about anything that PETA does is “over the top,” and it?...
...rights were also applicable to animals and that this amounted to a reductio ad absurdum of Wollstonecraft’s position. Taylor’s conclusion was wrong, of course, but he was right in asserting that we have the same reasons to respect the interests of all sentient animals—male or female, human or nonhuman...