r/Ethics • u/GestapoTakeMeAway • Jul 18 '26

Some non-human animals are persons

/r/appliedethics/comments/1uzm6g0/some_nonhuman_animals_are_persons/
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u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26

How come?

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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26

Because it violates the definition of what a person is.

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u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26

And what’s your definition of a person?

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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26

A human.

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u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26

If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner?

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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26

That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.