Tag: human rights
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.
Of Course Animals Have Emotions
These biological facts are often misused to try to push us beyond our welfare duties and into according animals human-type rights.
Now It’s “Resourcism”!
Your back forty is seeking legal counsel.
No Machine, However Sophisticated, Will Ever Possess “Rights” or “Eternal” Significance
“Strong AI” machines would have no more moral importance in and of themselves than a toaster.
Darwinism, Infanticide, and Human Exceptionalism
Writing at National Review Online, Wesley Smith asks, “Does Darwinism Lead to Infanticide Acceptance?”