Eleventh Task
Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’? Whose viewpoint is expressed? How we can relate the word personhood with other non-human species, since the word personhood includes conscious experience, emotionality, a sense of self and links of care and interdependence. In this case that of the chimpanzees Kiko and Tommy, are two non-human that meet conscious experience, emotionality, a sense of self and links of care and interdependence, which makes them a kind belonging to the personhood. What does the author want us to think? The author wants us to think if the chimpanzees are non-human beings, but if they belong to the personhood, they can access the rights that human beings have. In this case, the laws of the United States, which were created for "person" and "things", but as non-humans (sensitive and reasonable beings) meet the expectations of the personality, can access these rights as the right to freedom, right to property, right to free expres