Sentience and the science-policy interface

I contrast my picture of the relationship between science and policy animal sentience with that Marian Stamp Dawkins, who thinks “the politics welfare should be kept separate” because they involve irreconcilably different standards evidence. On alternative picture, (i) sentience, like any other empirical science, delivers evidence but not certainty; (ii) this allows us to make better practical decisions, both within outside (iii) quality we apply high in all contexts, including formulation public policy.