Liberals can intellectualize anything and their moral anchor points drift; their values adapt. Primate melds into human, and once the intellect is applied it seems perfectly logical, valid, and modern. It seems we have "adapted to change".
But, despite what it seems, the adaptation is NOT logical. Humans have responsibilities to chimpanzees but chimpanzees do not have responsibilities to humans; therefore chimpanzees can never have equal rights as humans do because they do not have equal responsibilities as humans do. Liberals have much difficulty in understanding the intimate relationship between rights and responsibilities, but for a conservative, "equal rights" itself equals equal responsibility, and that concept is fodder for endless debate in the bold new world of American politics where it is "democrat vs. republican".
MY moral anchor point on this issue is that chimpanzees are not human and do not get human rights. I will forever fight the good fight to keep my moral center on this. On the surface, it seems that this is a socially acceptable story on animal rights, but really it is a story about how our morals change. On the surface, it is logical, but in reality it is a frustrating story of story of losing our American values to intellectualism and liberal progress.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
1
