Morals Drift to Other Species
expected. Lacks critical thinking.
The observation is that the races of homo sapiens are close because their genes are close. If
this logic is true, then there is very little genomic difference between chimpanzee and
human and so we should recognize apes and chimps as almost equal to humans. This is
exactly what is beginning to happen in certain countries, such as Spain.
Here is an article in the Christian Science Monitor a year ago which talks about this trend.
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/27/spain-to-grant-some-human-
rights-to-apes/
Spain to grant some human rights to apes
By Eoin O'Carroll | 06.27.08
Spain’s parliament approved a measure Wednesday to extend some human rights to
gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans, becoming the first country to explicitly
acknowledge the legal rights of nonhumans.
The parliament’s environmental committee approved a resolution that commits the country
to the Declaration on Great Apes, which states that nonhuman apes are entitled to the rights
of life, liberty, and protection from torture.
The declaration, developed in 1993 by a group of primatologists, ethicists, and
psychologists known as the Great Ape Project, demands “the extension of the community of
equals to include all great apes.” According to the declaration, apes may not be killed
except under “strictly defined circumstances,” such as self-defense. They may not be
imprisoned without due legal process, and they may not be subjected to the “deliberate
infliction of severe pain,” even if doing so is said to benefit others.
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- Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety
By David Brown, Washington Post, June 2009
There is a simplicity and all-inclusiveness to the number three -- the triangle, the Holy
Trinity, three peas in a pod. So it's perhaps not surprising that the Family of Man is
divided that way, too.
expected. Lacks critical thinking.
The observation is that the races of homo sapiens are close because their genes are close. If
this logic is true, then there is very little genomic difference between chimpanzee and
human and so we should recognize apes and chimps as almost equal to humans. This is
exactly what is beginning to happen in certain countries, such as Spain.
Here is an article in the Christian Science Monitor a year ago which talks about this trend.
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/27/spain-to-grant-some-human-
rights-to-apes/
Spain to grant some human rights to apes
By Eoin O'Carroll | 06.27.08
Spain’s parliament approved a measure Wednesday to extend some human rights to
gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans, becoming the first country to explicitly
acknowledge the legal rights of nonhumans.
The parliament’s environmental committee approved a resolution that commits the country
to the Declaration on Great Apes, which states that nonhuman apes are entitled to the rights
of life, liberty, and protection from torture.
The declaration, developed in 1993 by a group of primatologists, ethicists, and
psychologists known as the Great Ape Project, demands “the extension of the community of
equals to include all great apes.” According to the declaration, apes may not be killed
except under “strictly defined circumstances,” such as self-defense. They may not be
imprisoned without due legal process, and they may not be subjected to the “deliberate
infliction of severe pain,” even if doing so is said to benefit others.
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