Comment Re:good (Score 1) 341
"Is that a firm enough beginning to justify having the argument?"
Not really. That is certainly a good case for not being short sighted in our assessment of self-interest. But what does ecological interdependence have to do with granting equal legal rights to non-humans as are granted to humans?
Which part of the ecologic balance will be disrupted if we don't convict people of manslaughter when they accidentally hit a deer in the woods? Which part of the ecosystem is helped by no longer imprisoning endangered species in preserves, zoos, and/or biospheres?
Not really. That is certainly a good case for not being short sighted in our assessment of self-interest. But what does ecological interdependence have to do with granting equal legal rights to non-humans as are granted to humans?
Which part of the ecologic balance will be disrupted if we don't convict people of manslaughter when they accidentally hit a deer in the woods? Which part of the ecosystem is helped by no longer imprisoning endangered species in preserves, zoos, and/or biospheres?