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Going on from the PETA thread, the argument is that smart animals should be granted personhood, and/or special legal protection, so after doing a few seconds of research, I found a list of the top 10 smartest animals. Should you agree that some animals should be granted personhood, which of the animals would you like to see as people?
Poll: Which ones are people?
None. Animals are no people but they have certain rights.
Where is the kangaroo in this poll? :lol:
Going on from the PETA thread, the argument is that smart animals should be granted personhood, and/or special legal protection, so after doing a few seconds of research, I found a list of the top 10 smartest animals. Should you agree that some animals should be granted personhood, which of the animals would you like to see as people?
Going on from the PETA thread, the argument is that smart animals should be granted personhood, and/or special legal protection, so after doing a few seconds of research, I found a list of the top 10 smartest animals. Should you agree that some animals should be granted personhood, which of the animals would you like to see as people?
They're smarter than a lot of people.
Maybe a worm or a bug can't do that, but some animals seem capable.
I would like to hear a concept of personhood that isn't just some vague undefined thing reserved for humans. Isn't being a person just the ability for intimacy and familiarity, that is, to be personal? Maybe a worm or a bug can't do that, but some animals seem capable.
Legal and ethical personhood are very different. An animal can most certainly be a person ethically. My cat is. My friend's dog is. But that personhood stems from the personal relationship between the animal and humans. That specific dog or cat or whatever is notable for its unique personality, but another one, without that connection, would not be. But pets do have rights. Kind of... They are protected in the sense that there are penalties for harming them, and even their owners are subject to those penalties. In that regard, animals today have more rights and protections than human slaves did in 1800.
Let us also not forget that in some cases, animals are food.
Going on from the PETA thread, the argument is that smart animals should be granted personhood, and/or special legal protection, so after doing a few seconds of research, I found a list of the top 10 smartest animals. Should you agree that some animals should be granted personhood, which of the animals would you like to see as people?
My cat can open doors that are latched shut, move and hide a food bowl so the other cat doesn't eat it, recognizes his name and several instructive phrases, and has changed the channel on the TV to Animal Planet twice.
I think he should be able to vote in the next presidential election. In cat years he's about 24.
Cats aren't stupid. But my dogs don't get trapped in the closet. :lol:
I wonder what PETA's stance on abortion is...
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