6: An Evolving Topic

Humans are animals—animals with rights. So what kinds of rights do non-human animals deserve? The right to liberty? The right to nurse their young? The right to socialize?

In this episode, we interview two animal rights experts and ask them about chimps, cats, and personhood. We discuss common law, Jurassic Park, Ancient Rome, Woolly mammoths, and the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. This is Robot F. Kennedy.

SHOW NOTES

This episode is Part 2 on the topic of animal rights law, and its future impact on the way our society handles artificial general intelligence. You can listen to the first part here: https://soundcloud.com/robotfkennedy/3-an-act-of-nature

Professor Sarah Schindler is currently a Fellow at the Program in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She is an expert in the areas of land use law and urban policy, and teaches at the University of Maine School of Law.

Professor Sarah Schindler: https://lapa.princeton.edu/people/sarah-schindler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBschindler

Steven Wise is a legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He has taught animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, and Stanford University. He is a former president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project. In 2016, he argued for the release of two chimpanzees before the New York Appellate Court, and the court is expected to issue its ruling in May of 2017.

Mr. Steven Wise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_M._Wise
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Steven_M_Wise
The Non-Human Rights Project: http://www.nonhumanrights.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonhumanRights

Unlocking the Cage, documentary on HBO Go: https://www.unlockingthecagethefilm.com/

The Guardian: “Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/16/woolly-mammoth-resurrection-scientists