Using a chimpanzee establish an argument for or against animal personhood using articles from the nonhuman rights project.
Premise
Imagine a court case regarding animal personhood has progressed to Supreme Court grabbing national attention.
Pick a case
Can be a real case, as in Nonhuman Rights Project cases
Or can be imaginary
-if imaginary still relate to real cases (research required)
-Choose a case that focuses on an individual animal
Pick a role (you will write from a asumed point of view)
-Lawyer in case writing to a colleage about it*
-Newspaper editorialist
-other
-Argue for or against animal personhood based on your chosen case.
Include
Clear definition of how your using “personhood”
Relate to singer/quammen/klinkenberg
At least TWO real court cases as precedent or contrast