To: TimF who wrote (81193 ) 6/26/2009 8:17:22 PM From: Solon Read Replies (1) | Respond to "Or perhaps they could have some third level where we give them more legal rights than most animals but still don't recognize them as the moral equivalent of, and as possessing the same rights as, humans "(as long as we can't address it as an actual issue so that it remains hypothetical!) --but YOU have decided that YOU don't want a terrestrial alien (such as a dolphin) to have "natural rights" because YOU don't want it to be equivalent to a human, SO...you either deny it has sentience(it is more like an ape, huh??) OR you will give or grant it (reduced) rights after your next board meeting. but just DAMN SURE GIVE or GRANT that (human) zygote "natural rights"--but don't give or grant "natural rights" to the potential sentience scientifically attributed to the dolphin zygote. And forget the fact that if it is a cake you are after then ALL the ingredients have "potential sentience" whether or not they have been mixed....so EVERY sperm and EVERY egg has potential sentience, as well. but that is no more about "natural" than making Blacks sit at the back of the bus.
