Pros And Cons Of Animal Self-Consciousness

My question refers to proving that, in light of scientific discoveries that suggest animals are conscious, we can no longer rely on the distinctions given by philosophers which draw a line between man and beast. I am aiming to prove that it is implausible to deny that animals are self-conscious, if we consider humans to be so. With reference to descartes, kant, and bentham specifically. We will discuss why animals should not be abused because they are likely to be just as self-conscious as humans.

Are animals self-conscious? Are they aware of themselves in the same way philosophy assumes humans are? What is it like to live the internal life of an animal? A bat? A dog? A pig on their way to slaughter? Does an animal's self-consciousness lead to the abolishment of animal abuse? In the form of food, clothes, or entertainment? If i can take the time to convince you that animals are self-conscious, then i will convince you that they are also morally valuable. Or else we would decide that humans have no intrinsic moral value.

I am writing in reaction to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness that was publicly proclaimed on July 7, 2012, at that university. Where in scientist behind the paper declared, "Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, & neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Nonhuman animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates."