Why I Am Pro-Life

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

teaearlgreyhot: You said;

All beings with a right to life are capable of desiring continued existence.
All beings capable of desiring continued existence have a concept of themselves as a continuing subject of experiences.
No plant has a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences.
Therefore, No plant has a right to life.

While you present an interesting line of reasoning, it is not without fault. The sentience argument falters with plants, as they - contrary to popular belief- do display sentience in their own way. Plants respond to stimuli, search for food, reproduce, defend themselves from predators. There are a multitude of studies that confirm vegetative intelligence. Here is one, for example:

http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1

The sentience argument is not consistent.

But can they be said to posses self awareness? A mechanistic explanation can suffice for those attributes of plants you mentioned.