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Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)

· 1 h 16 min · Episode 991

Episode Do All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)

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Should monkeys have the same rights as humans? What about elephants, ants, or invertebrates? NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo makes the case for expanding your moral circle to many more beings than you might expect, including those based on silicon chips. Listen as Sebo and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss to whom and what we owe moral consideration, how we determine a being's intrinsic moral significance, and why we have ethical obligations to others, anyway. They also discuss human exceptionalism--the idea that humans should be prioritized over other beings.

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