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   What does nonhuman mean?

   • Nonhuman means not human or not produced by humans. Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both human and nonhuman animals. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3.

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   What is a non-human object?

   • Non-human (also spelled nonhuman) is any entity displaying some, but not enough, human characteristics to be considered a human. The term has been used in a variety of contexts and may refer to objects that have been developed with human intelligence, such as robots or vehicles.

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   Are all human beings persons?

   • Recently, an American legal activist group, the Nonhuman Rights Project, has challenged the assumption that only human beings are persons. Their approach is simple. They assume that humans possess particular features that make them persons, then ask whether there is evidence that any nonhuman animals display these same qualities.

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   Is legal personhood synonymous with human being?

   • Legal personhood is not synonymous with human being. A “non-human person” refers to an entity that possesses some rights for limited legal purposes. Sentience might be the characteristic necessary for granting legal rights to non-human species.

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   What is a human animal?

   • The term has been used in a variety of contexts and may refer to objects that have been developed with human intelligence, such as robots or vehicles. In the animal rights movement, it is common to distinguish between "human animals" and "non-human animals".

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   What are the characteristics of non-human animals?

   • Participants in the animal rights movement generally recognize that non-human animals have some similar characteristics to those of human persons. For example, various non-human animals have been shown to register pain, compassion, memory, and some cognitive function.

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   Non-human (also spelled nonhuman) is any entity displaying some, [1] but not enough, human characteristics to be considered a human. The term has been used in a variety of contexts and may refer to objects that have been developed with human intelligence, such as robots or vehicles.

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   Nov 14, 2019 · So, a “non-human person” refers to an entity that is guaranteed some rights for limited legal purposes. In Sandra’s case, the ruling undercut species-membership as the basis...

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   What kinds of rights should non-humans have? Harvard Law Professor and world-renowned bioethics expert Glenn Cohen shares how our current moral vocabulary may be leading us into fundamental errors and how to face the complex moral world around us.

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   The meaning of NONHUMAN is not human. How to use nonhuman in a sentence. not human: such as; being other than a human being; not belonging to, appropriate to, or produced by human beings…

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   Non-human means not human or not produced by humans. Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both human and non-human animals. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .

7. philosophynow.org › issues › 144Nonhuman Persons | Issue 144 - Philosophy Now

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   Modern Moral Problems. Nonhuman Persons. Gerard Elfstrom asks what such creatures, if they exist, would be like and how much it matters morally. For much of Western history, we have been confident that human beings are persons but no other creatures have that status.

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   noun. 1. a creature, animal, or being that is not human. adjective. 2. not related to human beings. 3. not appropriate to human beings; unnatural. Collins English Dictionary.