 | | Re: Nature of rights? (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?) —Daniel Jassim
| | | | (...) I would speculate, along with Larry, that animals do not have a system of rights in the same form as humans do. But I don't think we invented the condition of rights as much as they revealed themselves to us through nature. Do you think this (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Nature of rights? (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?) —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | (...) I'd go farther than speculating, I'd assert it, unless someone can prove that some specific animals do reason morally, in which case I'd consider that we might want to consider them as "human" rather than "merely" animal. (a tangential SF (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Nature of rights? (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?) —Daniel Jassim
| | | | | (...) This is how I feel thus it is true to me. I think the fundemental condition of "right" already existed in nature, as nature is our inspiration for nearly everything else-- art, music, even science. Our arts often try to capture that essence (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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