A little! I lean into it with the magic system in my comic universe. Every atom is formed of an energy called the Leystream, which by extension is what we as humans are made of. As living matter, like plants, animals and humans, begins to become aware of its environment and itself, that concentration of consciousness in the Leystream forms a soul.
So, an ice block may not have a soul... But the Leystream itself has a consciousness of sorts, so your gesture of not wanting the ice block to die alone leaves little positive ripples in the Leystream. Which is a good thing.
It has a lot of parallels to some of the theology of Baruch Spinoza. I was really surprised to find out that an excommunicated Jewish guy from the 17th century felt the same way about the universe as I do.