Whitehead devised such a conception, which to my mind definitely supersedes the panpsychisms of the history of metaphysics.
Ole Fritz keeps on tryin' ter feel our possies at night with small patrols, an' they tried ter raid us two nights ago, but came a gutser, 'coz we hopped out an' met 'em, an' they put their 'ands up.
If ladies go from the ball-room to the supper-room for half an hour, they are not expected to unglove...But, if the supper be final, and close the evening's entertainment, they may unglove, if they please.
Against these stand the four national security arguments for intervention: fear of a rogue state, fear of a failed state, fear for the neighbours and fear for ourselves.