sentience

Examples of sentient

sentient
This case implies initiation of the act by a sentient being.
And the duty of non-maleficence seems to be owed by all moral agents to all sentient beings just in virtue of their having interests.
Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.
Rational forms of reconciliation occur early in the transitional process and sentient forms follow.
Nor could any sentient person ignore the obvious differences in the properties and behavior of water across states.
He states that 'the sentient requirement is not a requirement on what types of verbs -ee can attach to'.
The name seems to bear much the same relation to the personality as the shadow or image does to the sentient body.
Birds whistle, only man sings, and one cannot hear a song or a symphony without immediately saying: another sentient being is here.
As a result, they are unlikely to enhance sentient forms of reconciliation.
Sentient reconciliation, on the other hand, probably does require justice.
However, this knowledge is not apprehended through the traditional virtues of scholarship but through our engagement as cognisant, sentient, beings.
Consider fish, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans.
Furthermore, two sentient entities are jointly responsible for each transfer.
Someone involved in preaching, relieving pain, or in breeding contented sentient beings, rats perhaps, can go on holiday or retire.
The brief story is that sentient capacity has survival value.
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