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On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights

Animal Person

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?”

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