Greg Burch wrote:
>Here's a review of an interesting-looking book that proposes that chimps and
>bonobos should enjoy certain legal rights now reserved for humans:
>
> http://www.salon.com/books/it/2000/02/04/cage/index.html
>
>My own thinking on the subject of the rights and duties of sentient creatures
>(played out on this list with excruciating inconsistency over the years) has
>led me to thinking along the lines described in this review.
I don't know how consistent I've ever been, but I can certainly
join you in endorsing this point of view. Yes, lets make
chimps legal persons.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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