Assertion: invertebrate | /r/CapableOf | feel pain
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text: Several scientists and philosophers argue that because invertebrates such as insects, spiders, worms and snails may very well be able to feel pain or suffering, our moral concern should be extended to such beings.
text: Several scientists and philosophers argue that invertebrates such as insects, spiders, worms and snails may very well be able to feel pain or suffering, and that we should take various actions in case this possibility is true (Cooper, 2011; Horvath, Angeletti, Nascetti, & Carere, 2013; Lockwood, 1987, p. 70; Report, n.d.).
text: The paper also surveys the state of knowledge about whether invertebrates such as insects can feel pain and discusses what to do in light of the inconclusive evidence.
text: Invertebrates such as insects may very well be able to feel pain
text: So can invertebrates such as insects, spiders, worms and snails suffer or feel pain?
text: This section first briefly surveys the status of the scientific knowledge about whether invertebrates such as insects can feel pain, and then turns to the philosophical considerations.
text: A related question is: if invertebrates such as insects can feel pain or suffer, to what degree can they do that?
text: I conclude from the literature that the best available evidence supports that there is uncertainty, but that there is also an ethically and politically important possibility that invertebrates such as insects can feel pain or suffer substantially.
text: The main question becomes, which is the topic of the next section, what to do under this uncertainty about whether invertebrates can feel pain.
text: First, a number of reputable scientists argue for concern for invertebrates such as insects and for taking precautionary actions because of the possibility that they may feel pain.
text: The likelihood that invertebrates such as insects can feel pain or suffer is negligible.
text: Objection 4: Even if invertebrates such as insects feel pain and suffer, I still do not care because I do not empathize with them, they cause problems or they are annoying or disgusting.