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    It is not the case that FDS, as a currently sentient being capable of suffering and pleasure, possesses interests that generate present-tense moral obligations independent of her R-relations to EAS.

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    • 1.Moral obligations may require some relational connection or reciprocal framework; bare sentience alone may not generate obligations.
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    • 2.Determining which interests matter and why requires substantive ethical theory beyond sentience; sentience is necessary but not sufficient.
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    • 3.Present-tense obligations independent of R-relations create implausible duties toward all sentient beings equally without constraint or prioritization.
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    • 1.Sentience (capacity for suffering/pleasure) is the morally relevant property that grounds moral status and generates obligations.
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    • 2.Present interests of sentient beings create immediate moral claims that don't depend on relational facts or future consequences.
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    • 3.R-relations (relationships to other agents) are ethically contingent; moral obligations to sentient beings exist independent of such ties.
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