no other animals are human but humans. That alone puts humans in a unique place in the animal kingdom, one that may have exclusive access to ethics. — Merkwurdichliebe
The lion is under attack. — Landoma1
An article about a moral quandry playing out in my old (childhood) neighborhood which calls into question, once again, whether we human animals "have morals" as much as some nonhuman animals do:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61803958 — 180 Proof
"Granted" or not, I think being a person (i.e. having potentials for empathy & creativity and recognizing that others share the same potentials for empathy & creativity) is independent of political/juridical recognition.granted personhood — Agent Smith
"Granted" or not, I think being a person (i.e. having potentials for empathy & creativity and recognizing that others share the same potentials for empathy & creativity) is independent of political/juridical recognition. — 180 Proof
So a human infant, feral human adult or human coma patient, for examples, are not persons because they can't "petition for/demand rights"?A person petitions for/demands right — Agent Smith
So a human infant, feral human adult or human coma patient, for examples, are not persons because they can't "petition for/demand rights"? — 180 Proof
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