When Animals Sue: Animal Rights Run Amok
On this episode of What It Means To Be Human, Wesley J. Smith looks at animal standing, which "wo...
What It Means to Be Human · Wesley Smith
October 6, 20098m 9s
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Show Notes
On this episode of What It Means To Be Human, Wesley J. Smith looks at animal standing, which "would both undermine the status of animals as property and elevate them with the force of law toward legal personhood. On an existential level, the perceived exceptional importance of human life would suffer a staggering body blow by erasing one of the clear legal boundaries that distinguishes people from animals."
For more information, visit Wesley's blog, Secondhand Smoke.
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