[evanny]

just because scientists discovered self awareness doesn't make your argument scientific. only basis is that animals feel and so other people feel sorry for hurting those animals. its pure moral investment. nothing else.
yea. my argument might not be as morally based as yours but it is the natural one.
on the other hand moral question arises when people chose to let one life forms die and other to live. i think self awareness is far from being enough of a reason to decide how worthy ones life is.
in my opinion it is immoral to make those decisions so lets treat everyone equally.