Should Certain Animals Enjoy 'Human Rights?'
This is something that has been discussed in recent years.For a long time, scientists concluded that animals were pretty much instinct alone and the very notion of culture existing in the animal...
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"All animals considered 'highly intelligent' should enjoy them" I would happily see human rights applied to all animals but I see the problem with that in the meat industry, even what I have voted...
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Maybe we should ask...Should humans have animal rights? We as the supposedly superior race, show little respect or value for life other than ours...
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Alvida wrote: "All animals considered 'highly intelligent' should enjoy them" That's what I was going to vote, might as well add it now.
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I voted no. Why? Because that doesn't make sense. Something which is not human cannot have 'human rights'. Laws on human rights only apply in certain cases, and is not world wide, so it would be...
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I agree with the principle Irene, which is why I placed human rights in quotation marks to indicate that they (certain animals) perhaps should obtain certain rights currently reserved for the human...
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Eckythump wrote: Maybe we should ask...Should humans have animal rights? We as the supposedly superior race, show little respect or value for life other than ours...I agreee, my friend!!!!!!!!!
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Ecky do you mean our life as a singular, personal thing? It seems that there are a lot of people who have no respect for the lives of other humans so animals have no chance.
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My view is all living beings should be treated with respect (and that is another controversial subject)....As for rights? That is defined mostly by where you live. So I didn't vote because you didn't...
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That's what the 'unsure / other' option is for. This said, we have a hard time treating other human beings right, so...
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Propaganster wrote:That's what the 'unsure / other' option is for. OOPS! I missed it somehow.
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pomtroll wrote:My view is all living beings should be treated with respect (and that is another controversial subject)....Yes.What Heather side about Pigs being really intelligent, reminds me of...
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But then again, I eat meat sometimes, so I feel a little like a hypocrite.
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crazee cat ladie wrote: But then again, I eat meat sometimes, so I feel a little like a hypocrite.As some animals feed on other animals. I'm not exactly a vegetarian myself as we speak, though my meat...
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It would depend on what kind rights you are referring to. With rights comes responsibilities. So, I don't think they should have the same rights. I don't think that is what God intended.
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The thing about 'what God intended' is that, ultimately, no one knows - and that's assuming there is a God to begin with, something I am less than convinced about and not very inclined to believe, I'm...
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Well to discuss the bible specifically, what is even meant by 'dominion' isn't agreed on, to some it means treat like dirt, freedom to be cruel and disregard emotional and physical pain of animals, to...
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Who are we to decide... most don't really care, just look at Iraq and the likes... some are capable of murdering children and women... they could not even conceive the notion....... lots of angles to...
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I have a great deal of respect for all life, including spiders, ( I'm a towel on the bath person) with one exception. I HATE FLIES......I KILL FLIES.
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http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2013/06/dog-survives-days-trapped-under-overturned-boat/^Amazing story. I am so glad Cutie survived!
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