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Mustelafan t1_j5pyvg7 wrote

Reply to comment by Ill_Department_2055 in On Whether “Personhood” is a Normative or Descriptive Concept by ADefiniteDescription

Most people would point to the great 'achievements' of the human race in fields such as philosophy, architecture, astrophysics, aeronautics etc.

...But then you have to wonder what justifies the supposed superiority of the 98% of humans that have made no such great achievements.

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Ill_Department_2055 t1_j5q0qfz wrote

Exactly.

To draw a circle that includes all of the humans we would like to include as persons (children, elderly, average citizens, people with varying degrees of mental disabilities), it becomes unavoidable to include many animals in that same circle.

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