Collectives such as 'the biotic community' are not discrete unified agents but observer-dependent abstractions without a welfare that can be coherently weighed against individual sentient experience.
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The ecological whole comprising all living members of an ecosystem, treated in land-ethical holism as the primary subject of moral concern and the sole bearer of intrinsic value
discrete(as used in describing sounds or events)
Separate and distinct from each other, with clear breaks in between—like individual dots rather than a continuous line.
sentient(describing beings capable of suffering)
Able to feel, experience sensations, and suffer. If something is sentient, it can experience pain or pleasure.
welfare(Critique of Stein's strict health-welfare correlation)
A subjective notion of well-being that is affected by multiple domains, not health alone.