Category: personhood

08Oct 2022 by Post

Spanish Lagoon Granted Right to “Evolve”

Culture, Culture & Ethics, environmental law, environmental practices, Erin O’Donnell, Evolution, fertilizers, geological features, guardians, human needs, lawsuits, Mar Menor, mussels, nature rights, personhood, regulations, Science (journal), sea life, Spain, University of Melbourne

The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Source

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12Sep 2022 by Post

Biologist P. Z. Meyers Denies That Life Begins at Conception

abortion, biology, conception, Culture & Ethics, Darwinists, DNA, egg, Intelligent Design, Medicine, P.Z. Myers, parasite, parasitic disease, personhood, pregnancy, sentience, sperm, viability, womb

Obviously, life begins at conception. With the fusion of the sperm and the egg, a new human life begins. Source

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29Nov 2020 by Post

Pushing Elephant “Personhood”

animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, cattle, chimps, Culture & Ethics, Florida, human exceptionalism, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, Peter Moulton, writ of habeas corpus

Think cattle herds suing ranchers or lab animals suing universities — not to improve care but to liberate from all human use. Source

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23Nov 2020 by Post

Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?

animal rights, animals, Cass R. Sunstein, Culture & Ethics, Declaration of Independence, human exceptionalism, human rights, ID The Future, Nonhuman Rights Project, personhood, PETA, Podcast, Reductionism, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith

Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights. Source

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