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For everyone's sake, don't test your theory on any toddlers. Amen to that! Why draw the line at age 3 I believe because the original poster was positing that
by technothrasher 8y ago
For everyone's sake, don't test your theory on any toddlers.
Amen to that!
Why draw the line at age 3
I believe because the original poster was positing that self-awareness is the dividing line between person and non-person, and was claiming that this happens at age 3. Of course, the real world isn't that simple. Not only do newborns show some simple self-awareness (See Rochat's 'Five Stages of Self-Awareness'), but some animals also show various levels of self-awareness (Gallop's Mirror Test, and others) and I'm not sure most folks are prepared to give animals personhood.
- ordu 8y ago> Of course, the real world isn't that simple. Yes. Any our theory is a simplification of reality. > I'm not sure most folks are prepared to give animals personhood. Yeah. This is a problem I think. Is there is any way to define a person, which can justify human right to eat a chicken. Self-awareness seems the most promising.
- gowld 8y agoWhy do you have a human right to eat a chicken, or a cow, or a pig? https://www.reddit.com/r/likeus/ https://www.reddit.com/r/likeus/ Why do you not have a human right to kill a person, when push comes to shove comes to bullets?