[extropy-chat] Spanish Socialists considergivingapeshuman-level rights

[Samantha Atkins]

On Apr 30, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Hughes, James J. wrote:

>> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>>> No, it doesn't.  The ape is not a human being or a human
>> child.  The
>>> "logic" depends on a spurious analogy being accepted.
>
> Samantha,
>
> We apparently have different understandings of transhumanist  
> ethics. For
> me "that's not a human being" doesn't tell me anything about its moral
> status. Apparently it does for you.
>

My comments are not about denying  "moral status" to non-humans but  
the anthropomorphism of treating quite different species more or less  
as if they are the same when start considering and attempting to  
respect non-human species moral status.

- samantha