Re: Ecokosher

micha@xxxxxxxxxxx (Micha Berger) writes:
Eliyahu <lrooff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
micha@xxxxxxxxxxx (Micha Berger) writes:

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.

Tease! Not everybody _reponds_, it doesn't mean nobody _reads_ them.

Moshe Schorr
It is a tremendous Mitzvah to always be happy! - Reb Nachman of Breslov
The home and family are the center of Judaism, *not* the synagogue.
Disclaimer: Nothing here necessarily reflects the opinion of Hebrew University
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