Chimpanzee rights : the philosophers' brief / Kristin Andrews Gary Comstock, G.K.D. Crozier, Sue Donaldson, Andrew Fenton, Tyler M. John, L. Syd M Johnson, Robert C. Jones, Will Kymlicka, Letitia Meynell, Nathan Nobis, David M. Pena-Guzman, Jeff Sebo.
Expanded version of amici curiae brief submitted to the New York Court of Appeals in "Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., on behalf of Tommy v. Patrick C. Lavery, Individually and as an Officer of Circle L Trailer Sales," Case no. 2018-268, Decided May 08, 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chimpanzees, rights, and conceptions of personhood -- The species membership conception -- The social contract conception -- The community membership conception -- The capacities conception.
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