Question

Specific term required. A “cosmopolitan democracy” named for this property is proposed in a 2018 book that critiques the sovereignty-based theories of Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka. That book proposing a politics based on this property is by Alasdair Cochrane. Tom Regan’s concept of being the “subject-of-a-life” is rejected (-5[1])in favor of this (-5[1])property in a 2000 book by Gary Francione. Jeremy Bentham was a predecessor of a modern ethical view named for this property that takes it to be the basis (-5[1])for animal rights. (-5[1])“Living being” and this type of being are the standard translations (10[2])of the word sattva (“SUT-vuh”) in Buddhism, in which (-5[1])bodhisattvas (10[1]-5[1])(“boh-dee-SUT-vuzz”) hope to benefit all beings with this property. (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, consciousness (10[1])is sometimes defined minimalistically (-5[1])using what term for the ability to experience feelings, (10[2])which is often used in (10[1])science fiction (10[1])as a rough synonym (-5[1])for “self-awareness”? (10[5])■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: sentience [or being sentient; accept sentient beings; accept sentientism; accept sentientist cosmopolitan democracy; accept Sentientist Politics; prompt on “the ability to experience feelings” or “the ability to feel pain” or “the ability to suffer” until “feelings” is read]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%42%129.18

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago AWUSTL A48-5
Anson BernsBrown AMaryland A52-5
Matthew SiffYale BRutgers A81-5
Chris RayOhio State AChicago B84-5
Joel MilesMinnesota ACornell B9510
Todd MaslykMichigan AColumbia B9510
Michał GerasimiukYale AStanford A103-5
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BImperial A10410
Ashish SubramanianDuke ACornell A104-5
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins A11210
Gio MazzeoVirginia AWUSTL B11210
Alex AkridgeIndiana AMIT A112-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State AIowa State A112-5
Sean DoyleHouston AMinnesota B11210
Kevin FanMcGill AClaremont A11610
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AVanderbilt A120-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AGeorgia Tech B12910
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AFlorida A12910
Halle FriedmanNYU ARutgers B13410
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AColumbia A13610
Henry CafaroChicago CUC Berkeley A140-5
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard AToronto A14210
Brad MacLaineTexas ANorthwestern A14210
Conor ThompsonIowa State APenn State A14210
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AChicago C14210
John MarvinChicago BOhio State A14210
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AYale B14310
Max BrodskyIllinois ASouth Carolina A14310
Ricky LiMIT AIndiana A14310
Natan HoltzmanStanford AYale A14310
Caleb KendrickMaryland ABrown A1430
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago A14310
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt APurdue A14310
Geoffrey ChenCornell ADuke A1430