Tag: human exceptionalism
Why the Animal/Nature Rights vs. Human Duties Distinction Matters
Says Jonah Goldberg, “One cheer (and maybe two) for non-human personhood.”
Court Grants Amazon River Legal “Rights”
The potential deleterious consequences to humankind from “nature rights” are beyond measuring — except to trial lawyers.
“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet
Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space.
It’s Unfair to Tie Animal Rights to the YouTube Shooting
The YouTube shooter — I don’t believe in naming these people — did not fit the expected profile.
Rights Are Not about “Feelings”
Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them.