Re: Ecokosher

Eliyahu <lrooff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do not believe that Judaism demands we believe animals have an "I"
watching their thoughts and what happens to them. IOW, that the animal
actually experiences anything in any but a metaphoric way. It's all
stimulus-response; WRT animals, the radical behaviorists are right.
I could certainly make a Torah-based argument that this kind of awareness
is what is distinct about the human soul.

How do you explain Koko the gorilla?

Learning some ASL vocabulary (but not grammar, BTW) or cuddling a kitten
prove the existence of a first person perspective?

I addressed this on my blog. Since no one ever responds as though they
chased any blog links when I put them on, I won't bother this time.

Tir'u baTov!
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