Bonus: Are animals... people?




Species show

Summary: While it may seem weird to call a nonhuman animal a "person," Argentina has done just that - in their country, chimpanzees and orangutans enjoy the benefits of personhood. In America we think of "human" and "person" as synonyms, but that is demonstrably not the case legally. So... Should other animals be considered people? Vote: https://twitter.com/SpeciesPodcast/status/1088911107224416257 Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PtGd9rO9G943JDw2e01PlEHlLek0fj6JakkTuYwo9Ao/edit?usp=sharin