Question

Which of the following is not a property of sentience?

a. the capacity to intend harm
b. the capacity to feel pleasure
c. the capacity to feel pain
d. the capacity to suffer

Answer 1

a)The capacity to intend harm is not a property of sentience; sentience relates to feeling pain, pleasure, and suffering.

Step-by-step explanation:

The property of sentience includes the capacity to feel pleasure, pain, and to suffer as these are indicators of an organism's ability to have subjective experiences. Among the options given, the capacity to intend harm is not a direct property of sentience. Sentience mostly relates to the subjective experience of sensations and emotions, or consciousness, such as the capacity to feel pain and pleasure, and the capacity to suffer. The ability to intend harm involves higher-level cognitive functions like planning and understanding the consequences of one's actions, which go beyond basic sentient experience.