Moral weight series

Abstract

This series of posts examines the capacity for welfare and moral status across different groups of animals, with a focus on the implications for effective animal advocacy. The series begins by outlining a conceptual framework for comparing welfare and moral status, and summarizing different theories on the subject. It then proceeds to compare two methodologies for measuring these capacities, exploring the subjective experience of time and its potential moral significance across species. The series further investigates critical flicker-fusion frequency as a potential proxy for the subjective experience of time. The final posts summarize the preceding analyses and present the author’s conclusions. – AI-generated abstract.