Tag: human rights
Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights
Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence.
In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins
Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book.
Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design
On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens.
New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”
Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all.
Now, It’s the “Rights of the Moon”
It is easy to mock this movement and to not take it seriously. That’s how it will win.