Cookies?
Library Header Image
LSE Research Online LSE Library Services

What is good for an octopus?

Browning, Heather ORCID: 0000-0003-1554-7052 (2019) What is good for an octopus? Animal Sentience, 4 (26). ISSN 2377-7478

[img] Text (Bowning_what-is-good-for-an-octopus--published) - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (460kB)
Identification Number: 10.51291/2377-7478.1476

Abstract

Mather (2019) has brought together the current empirical research in support of the claim that octopuses possess minds; and the weight of the evidence does appear to support octopus sentience. Being sentient means an organism has welfare concerns, a subjective experience of life that can go well or poorly. Protecting welfare requires knowing what conditions will have a positive or negative impact. Understanding what is in the mind of an octopus will give us valuable insight into what is good for an octopus.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/ani...
Additional Information: © 2019 The Author
Divisions: CPNSS
Subjects: Q Science > QL Zoology
Date Deposited: 15 Aug 2022 12:54
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2024 01:39
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115987

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics