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# Debate 1
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## Proposition
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> "Plants have a general tendency to perform an action in ways that is consistent with their self organization."
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## Argument
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### Criteria for moral value
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1. Autopoiesis
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- self-organization
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- self-maintenance
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- self-regulation
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- comprising a network of interrelated processes
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- capable of renewing itself by regulating its composition and maintenance of form
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- creating its own parts
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- homeostasis
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## Semantics
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1. Homeostasis
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- the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements
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2. Tendency
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- an propensity to a particular characteristic.
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## Analysis
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### Reductio
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| **Criteria** | **Atom** |
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| ----------------------- | -------- |
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| Tendency | Yes |
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| Equilibrium | Yes |
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| Interdependent elements | Yes |
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1. Even atoms would qualify as having moral value.
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## Hashtags
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#debate
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#philosophy
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#sentience
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#autopoiesis
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#morality
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#debate_opponents
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