Tag: nature rights
UN Pushes Nature Rights
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights.
A “Right to Flow”: River Rights for the Seine?
Even nonessential activities could be blocked by pretending that the Seine is a person.
“Nature Rights” Hits the Big Time
The National Geographic Society — one of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations — is going to pour money into the movement.
Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism
The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism.
New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways
For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously.