I’m doubtful that any of those are conscious, but I agree that given that it’s possible they are, their interests matter a decent amount in expectation—though probably less than insects.
If the world is very weird then the right ethical view should get weird results. For more on this see https://wonderandaporia.substack.com/p/surely-were-not-moral-monsters and https://benthams.substack.com/p/lyman-stone-continues-being-dumb?utm_source=publication-search starting at “Lyman’s a pro-natalist”. A view shouldn’t be judged by matching intuitions about the actual world if those intuitions were formed unreliably.
I’m doubtful that any of those are conscious
Why? The average person says that same thing about insects.
I’m doubtful that any of those are conscious, but I agree that given that it’s possible they are, their interests matter a decent amount in expectation—though probably less than insects.
If the world is very weird then the right ethical view should get weird results. For more on this see https://wonderandaporia.substack.com/p/surely-were-not-moral-monsters and https://benthams.substack.com/p/lyman-stone-continues-being-dumb?utm_source=publication-search starting at “Lyman’s a pro-natalist”. A view shouldn’t be judged by matching intuitions about the actual world if those intuitions were formed unreliably.
Why? The average person says that same thing about insects.