Sorry, but what is it exactly that stops us from granting rights to members of a certain species? In any case, as a Libertarian I hold that rights are not "granted"; they are inherent.
"You cannot infringe on rights if someone is fundamentally incapable of using them."
Interesting. I'd argue that people that are alive are very actively using their right to life. So how does that fit into your argument? If by "incapable" you mean not actively aware of them at a certain point in time, then do you support killing people who are asleep? I mean, people who are sleep aren't actively aware of their rights unless they are lucid dreaming. I highly doubt you support the killing of people because they are asleep, so please explain your position more.
People in comas can wake up; they are still human, and they still deserve rights. Whenever I talk about this issue with people it sickens me at how twisted people can take the issue of rights. It's always picking and choosing, placing some people's lives as more worthy than others. Really quite a shocking attitude to have, and I think you'd feel differently if it were you who was going to be in the coma.
"You cannot infringe on rights if someone is fundamentally incapable of using them."
Interesting. I'd argue that people that are alive are very actively using their right to life. So how does that fit into your argument? If by "incapable" you mean not actively aware of them at a certain point in time, then do you support killing people who are asleep? I mean, people who are sleep aren't actively aware of their rights unless they are lucid dreaming. I highly doubt you support the killing of people because they are asleep, so please explain your position more.
People in comas can wake up; they are still human, and they still deserve rights. Whenever I talk about this issue with people it sickens me at how twisted people can take the issue of rights. It's always picking and choosing, placing some people's lives as more worthy than others. Really quite a shocking attitude to have, and I think you'd feel differently if it were you who was going to be in the coma.
