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What is a person?
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DataPacRat
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Hm... that only seems to move the question one step back, without answering it - how do you then determine who /should/ receive the deference and benefits?
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Here's a pithy reformulation - whaddaya think?
"Who should have human rights? Anyone that can ask for 'em."
"Who should have human rights? Anyone that can ask for 'em."
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How about the computer program:
print "I want human rights."
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How about this:
"Who should have human rights? Anyone that asks for them and recognizes when it isn't granted them."
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I think it's safe to bring in the general rules of the Turing test for something like this.
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Indeed. It's simply a concept utilised for the purposes of clarification, but it ends up being even more confusing with endless philosophical ramifications that mean nothing at all, really. Personally, however, I think that humans should have the same rights as any other animal. Being a 'person' is irrelevant to the overall value of the life in question.
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