Animism

Abstract

I have argued thus far that expansionary sentientists provide a more satisfactory defense of vegetarianism than do senticntists. Expansionary senticntists account for the ample scientific evidence that plants are sentient. Because sentientists overlook or conveniently ignore this evidence, they turn a blind eye to ways in which plants can be harmed that are comparable to how animals can be harmed. That plants are sentient does not rule out vegetarianism. It is still preferable to omnivorism, according to expansionary senticntists. But killing and eating plants requires that they be treated with care and respect when cultivated and harvested. So long as expansionary sentientists follow through on these dictates, they better adhere to the core principles of moral standing than do sentientists. Simply put, they do less harm.