This gets into some pretty existential matters if you take it far enough.
Honestly, what is the point of anything? Why eat if you're just going to die anyway? You can use this logic to justify anything, but it quickly begins to sound like an excuse.
In my opinion, when it comes right down to it, everything we do is based purely on our emotions. Our ideas of practicality and reasons for doing anything are to satisfy emotional needs as best we can. I don't think sentience can exist without emotional needs, because emotional needs seem to derive our reasons for living.
Honestly, what is the point of anything? Why eat if you're just going to die anyway? You can use this logic to justify anything, but it quickly begins to sound like an excuse.
In my opinion, when it comes right down to it, everything we do is based purely on our emotions. Our ideas of practicality and reasons for doing anything are to satisfy emotional needs as best we can. I don't think sentience can exist without emotional needs, because emotional needs seem to derive our reasons for living.