The Moral Qualifiers of Sentience

"If you're sentient, but not human, you don't care," he says. "You've sort of conferred moral value onto this, onto this being." But when it comes to non-human animals, particularly farm animals or farmed animals, 'it's just like an off switch,' he adds. The author also argues that we should have a welfare blanket for people who are cold at night and need warmth in their homes.