(January 31, 2022 at 2:11 pm)brewer Wrote:(January 31, 2022 at 2:07 pm)Lobster Lover Wrote: But am I wrong?
Yes, no amount of how something behaves or does not behave makes a person or human. They may get to be treated at some level as human/people/person, but on a factual level they are not.
The law, at least, does recognize the concept of a ‘non-human person’. This is generally done in regards to animal rights. Since rights and responsibilities are exclusively human concerns, laws recognize animals - in a very limited sense - as people. This is what makes it possible to punish animal abusers and destroy dangerous animals.
Boru
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