In Defense of Human Exceptionalism

The Canadian philosopher and bioethicist, Margaret Somerville, has a splendid column out in the Ottawa Citizen on the importance of human exceptionalism and the need to reject animal personhood.  Well worth the read.  Here’s the link .

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