Well, if this article on Wikipedia is to be believed, Richard Dawkins would confer basic legal rights on non-human great apes. This would mean chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. Furthermore, every great ape would be given the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture. That means no more zoos, no more medical experiments, and no more euthanasia without the great ape's consent.
I bring this up, of course, because Richard Dawkins is a well respected scientist and is a mascot of sorts to atheists. His opinion matters to many people. In contrast, the Great Ape Project is — to put it bluntly — potentially controversial. For him to lend his name to such a project intrigues me immensely.
I want to invite your opinion. Is Richard Dawkins right? Should there be a Declaration of the Rights of Great Apes? If so, how should humans stand in relation to great apes?
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GET YOUR PAWS OFF ME YOU DAMN DIRTY APE!
Sorry, that suddenly came to memory, and it was the original version of the Planet of the Apes, not the newer one made by Tim Burton, which I still liked, but..., what's the question? :P
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