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"The Nonhuman Rights Project" by Prof. Steven Wise - frei denken uni basel

Prof. Wise is an animal rights pioneer: He's the head of the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), which is trying to achieve actual legal personhood and rights for the first non-human animal in history. The NhRP's first cases have generated global media attention. The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/sci...) wrote: "Chimpanzees are not people, no matter how they are dressed up for commercials, but perhaps they are close enough that they deserve some of the same rights humans have. That is what an animal rights group claimed on Monday when it filed a classic writ of habeas corpus, that revered staple of American and English law and tired cliché of detective fiction — not for a human being held unlawfully, but for Tommy, a chimpanzee in Gloversville, N.Y. This is no stunt. The Nonhuman Rights Project has been working on this legal strategy for years, sifting through decisions in all 50 states to find one that is strong on what is called common law, and one that recognizes animals as legal persons for the purpose of being the beneficiary of a trust." The NhRP fits into our "rationality" lecture series on at least two accounts: First, it bases its claims on a mountain of scientific evidence demonstrating nonhuman animals' cognitive capacities. Second, it's interested in pursuing a strategy that's maximally effective. Its "predictive analytics" staff has tried to figure out which US sub-jurisdiction possesses the best predictors, relative to the NhRP's goals. Steven has also been interested in EA (Effective Altruism) and EAA (Effective Animal Activism). For a German description of what the NhRP has been about so far, see http://gbs-schweiz.org/blog/breschen-.... ---------------------------------------­---- Freethinkers strive to base their beliefs and decisions upon scientific reasoning and facts and adhere to a non-religious philosophy of humanism. "Free thinking" means to approaching societal and ideological topics in an open-minded and rational way. It encompasses the critical discussion of science, ethics, art, philosophy and religion. Our weekly meetings foster the mutual exchange and transfer of knowledge and promote the open discourse of societally relevant and controversial topics. www.freidenken-unibasel.ch www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.ch