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Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›
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Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›
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Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›
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Richard Weikart: The Dark Side of Science

March for science, you say? Follow the science? Listen to the scientists? Perhaps first ask "What science?" and "What scientists?" Read More ›
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Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›
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In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins

Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book. Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›
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New York High Court to Rule Whether Elephants Are “Persons”

Imagine: pet ownership made a formal legal guardianship complete with enforceable fiduciary duties — that is, if we can have pets at all. Read More ›
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Now, It’s the “Rights of the Moon”

It is easy to mock this movement and to not take it seriously. That’s how it will win. Read More ›

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