É ÉTICO COMER PLANTAS? RUMO A UM MODELO DE COGNIÇÃO EM PLANTAS
Palavras-chave:
plantas, cognição, ética, vegetarianismoResumo
Devido à aparente imobilidade, conferida pelo estilo de vida séssil, e à tendência da ciência em simplificar a realidade as plantas foram consideradas seres passivos que respondiam de maneira mecânica ao ambiente. Contudo novas contribuições da ciência vegetal surgem com evidencias que desafiam tais considerações ao mostrar que plantas têm memória, aprendizado, capacidades sociais, inteligência, cognição e até algum nível de consciência. Assim abrem-se novas possibilidades de conjecturas acerca da exclusividade de certas capacidades humanas, ou ainda sobre a conduta que estabelecemos na relação com as plantas. Surge então a possibilidade de pensar sobre considerações éticas em relação às plantas, de onde poderia se levantar questões como se é ético comer plantas.
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