Jeremy Bentham · 1789
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
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Would the capacity to suffer give an artificial being a claim to humane treatment?Yes. capacity to suffer grounds a claim. Argues that what matters for moral standing is not whether a being can reason or talk but whether it can suffer.
Chapter XVII, footnote · Internet Archive 1907 Clarendon edition text; 'Can they suffer?' found in Ch. XVII.