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>> Maybe you are familiar with natural rights theory, which claims that
>> humans have certain rights following from nature/their nature and/or
>> bestowed by god (if you choose the religious angle).
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>> But does it apply to animals as well?
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>> If humans are a form of animal, is it unreasonable to consider that
>> other animals have the rights we ascribe to ourselves, as well?
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>> Suppose you subscribe to the idea that it takes a certain level of
>> consciousness to achieve status of having natural rights. It might then
>> be argued that it's perfectly Ok for a human to kill and butcher a cow,
>> because, well, it's a dumb animal that stands on a field, eats grass,
>> goes "moo", and thats roughly it.
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>> In the same line of reasoning, would there be anything wrong for a far
>> advanced alien civilization to pop by Earth and decide that they could
>> have some benefit from harvesting humans (for meat or whatever), if they
>> were evolved or capable of mental feats far beyong that of one human?
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>> Floor is open for discussion, have a good weekend.
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>> - Peter ***
http://titancity.com/blog/
>> "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes
>> you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
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> Animals have natural rights one of those is the right not to be
> neutered. Â Avoid Neuter-Nazis.
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The only rights that animals have are those that are bestowed upon
them by humans. it is easy to over intellectualise the issue but the
reality is that a baboon challenging a gun-wielding somalian warlord
has roughly the same "rights" as a piece of steak has not to be eaten
and is just as meaningless. in civilised societies, we can protect
animals from being abused through the legal framework of that society,
but whether we choose to call them "natural rights" or anti-animal
abuse laws is moot. choose whatever flowery term you wish, it won't
stop animal abuse until such time as the whole world agrees on a
standard set of laws and vigouressly polices those laws, independant
of boundaries.
