Sorry if my question was weird.
And no, I am not some human’s pet that just became intelligent and took over their Lemmy account. 😺
Sorry if my question was weird.
And no, I am not some human’s pet that just became intelligent and took over their Lemmy account. 😺
I would say yes.
But… that would include them contributing to society. Not just the household.
So people who don’t “contribute to society” dont deserve rights?
Also who decides what is a worthy contribution to society?
I think the point is that for them to have rights requires that they be autonomous in society.
You don’t complain that “kids don’t have rights!” Because of course they don’t. They’re children. Incapable of voting/driving/owning property.
If they are intelligent but still physically incapable of these things then they would just be considered to have the same rights as children do. They’re citizens but not independent.
Children have many rights, just different from adults, this is why we have child protection laws.
It’s a good argument, if they were smarter than humans but didn’t integrate into human society so we give them the right to vote? I’d say not.