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    Supports→Biological altruism cannot be equated with altruism in the everyday vernacular sense.

    Ned Block's distinction between access consciousness and phenomenal consciousness entails that behavior-shaping states without phenomenal character lack morally relevant intentionality.

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    Ned Block(as a philosopher studying consciousness)
    A contemporary philosopher who studies consciousness and the mind; he's known for arguing that our conscious experiences (like seeing colors) might be fundamentally different from what we can logically imagine or prove.
    access consciousness(Contrasted with phenomenal consciousness as one of the 'easy problems')
    A form of consciousness whose dynamics can be explained in terms of the functional or computational organization of the brain
    intentionality(Philosophy of mind and emotion)
    The property of being object-directed; the quality of mental states whereby they are directed at or about something
    morally relevant(as used in ethics)
    Something that matters when deciding whether an action is right or wrong.
    phenomenal character

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    (Used to distinguish the mere presence of experience from the specific qualitative nature of individual experiences)
    The qualitative, subjective 'what it is like' aspect of mental states; the property of having qualia
    phenomenal consciousness(Contrasted with functional or physical properties in anti-physicalist arguments)
    The subjective, felt quality of experience that zombies are stipulated to lack despite physical identity with conscious humans

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