And that's not strongly emergent, because it's not that new "ethical properties" arise when amoral matter is arranged the right way — Pfhorrest
And yes, the capacity to suffer is a (weakly) emergent — Pfhorrest
The capacity to suffer arises when matter without capacity to suffer is arranged the right way. Therefore, suffering is strongly emergent as per your definition. — Olivier5
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