CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
The critical thinking skills that I found in the opinion column"Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’? are:
The critical thinking skills that I found in the opinion column"Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’? are:
"chimpanzees can recognize themselves in a mirror, communicate through sign language, pursue goals creatively and form long-lasting friendships"
Agreement
"In response, the Nonhuman Rights Project is taking a bold position: It is arguing that if every being must be either a person or a thing, then Kiko and Tommy are persons, not things. I agree, and many other philosophers do, too"
Explanation
"The idea of nonhuman personhood might seem confusing at first since we tend to use the terms “human” and “person” interchangeably. But they are not equivalent. “Human” is best understood as a biological concept that refers, at present, to a member of a particular species, Homo sapiens. In contrast, “person” is best understood as a moral and legal concept that refers to an individual who can hold moral and legal rights"
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