Philosophy Talk. Nonhuman Rights

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person enjoys simply because they're human. But what about other animals, like monkeys, elephants, and dolphins? Should they enjoy similar fundamental rights? If we can extend the legal notion of personhood to inanimate, abstract objects like corporations, then shouldn’t we also extend it to other sentient creatures? How should we understand the concept of a “person” when it’s applied to nonhumans? What kind of cognitive and emotional complexity is required for nonhuman personhood? John and Ken extend rights to their human guest, Steven Wise, author of Rattling The Cage: Toward Legal Rights For Animals.

Description

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	CEMEX Auditorium (Stanford, Calif.)California
Date created	May 28, 2017
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Creators/Contributors

Speaker	Perry, John, 1943-
Speaker	Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954-2019
Speaker	Wise, Steven M.

Subjects

Subject	Animal rights
Subject	Person
Genre	Radio talk shows

Bibliographic information

philosophytalk.org show page	Title Nonhuman Rights
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	433.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/kf372zf1355
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Philosophy Talk, 2002-

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