BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260607T082433Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220915T161500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220915T181500 SUMMARY:Expanding the scope of human rights UID:20260614T210219Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:The University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:

It is sometimes suggested that human rights ought to be extended beyond the species boundary within which they currently operate. In other words\, some non-humans &ndash\; be it non-human animals such as great apes\, or forms of artificial intelligence &ndash\; ought to be afforded the protections of our practice of human rights. While such suggestions are typically motivated by a belief that these non-human beings (would) have the same inherent rights as us\, and that human rights practice ought to mirror that fact\, this paper comes at the issue from a different angle. That is\, setting aside the question of who has what inherent rights\, I consider the potential effects of such an expansion on the category of the human itself. \; \;I start by positing the existence of the human as a social kind\, over and above the natural kind \;Homo sapiens\, and explaining the tight connection between this kind and human rights practice. I then explore whether and how expanding the scope of the practice might alter both the boundaries of the human\, and what it means to be human.

ORGANIZER;CN=Francois Schroeter: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR