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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
Then you have expanded the definition beyond how I and many others use it.
Sapience is self-awareness, and in gurps simply IQ above 6. Neither of these imply human or even primitive mammal levels of intrinsic importance.
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How can this intrinsic importance be measured, if not by correlating it to sapience?
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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
A working horse and a car are not slaves. They are property being used. The horse simply requires humane treatment, not freedom or wages.
A computer program deserves no more than the car for lacking the feelings the horse has.
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Being property is kinda the point of slavery.
Also, I sense Descartes again (and by that I mean surprise on my part, not an attempt to offend).