A proposal

[Jade]

When you are aware there is a choice to be made, then there is a responsibility to that choice. Sure, in the long run, most people do make the choice unconsciously, but none of us here can really feign that type of ignorance.

Unconscious beings have experiences happen to them until they choose. Conscious beings make a choice and then their experiences follow to reinforce/challenge that choice. That is the difference that I see.