Cause Area: Animal Sentience
Invertebrate sentience table
The database is an interactive table, where we summarize scientific data about 53 features potentially indicative of the capacit...
Features relevant to invertebrate sentience, part 2
In this, the second of three posts on features potentially relevant to invertebrate sentience, we assess 5 drug responses, 5 mot...
Features relevant to invertebrate sentience, part 1
In this, the first of three posts on features potentially relevant to invertebrate sentience, we assess 10 anatomical and evolut...
Invertebrate sentience: a useful empirical resource
Rethink Priorities reviewed the scientific literature relevant to invertebrate sentience. We selected 53 features potentially in...
Detecting morally significant pain in nonhumans: some philosophical difficulties
Other humans merit moral concern. We think many nonhumans merit moral concern too. But how do we know? And which nonhumans? Chim...