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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Two good posts from Cicero on the Rove matter, this one on the true gravity of Rove's offense (not much, says he), this one on Bill Kristol as privileged journalist first, supposed conservative second.
And here's a very nice post on the espousing of animal protections, if not rights, and why man, if allowed to make use of animals, ought to do so humanely. Particularly interesting:My own view, reader, is that only beings who can have and observe duties can have rights. Animals that cannot do the former cannot have the latter.
On the other hand, when and if we discover animals on this or any planet aside from humans who can have and observe duties - other 'rational animals', as we say - then we will have found another species of embodied beings who can have rights. Where does this put guide dogs? Or the dog that always watches the kids and then one day goes into a burning building to make sure they get out? I don't know if they're performing duties, but they seem to be demonstrating a sense of duty. Less clear is what kind of rights might come with the type of duties they perform.
posted by gbarto at 3:51 PM
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