The Problem of Personhood - Lisa Siraganian

SHOULD NONHUMANS HAVE RIGHTS IN LAW AND POLITICS?Over the last twenty-five years, the concept of per-sonhood has become central to many contentious debates. Corporations have won free speech protections, as if they were individuals. The right to life or freedom has been claimed on behalf of fetuses, trees, and elephants. The fund of human rights is spilling over into the nonhuman.The Problem of Personhood reveals the unsettling consequences of granting rights to imagined persons, such as Sophia the... Zobrazit více