Pretty much what I believe, though I'm not sure if rights are necessarily the same as human rights.philosophicalbastard said:
Poll: Do non-humans deserve human rights?
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Aliens should be given the same rights that we give a human being, as well as their own rights (if they do not clash), assuming they are sentient.
Aliens should be expected to bear our and their responsibilities, to respect our rights and so on, when in our space. With comprimises made if needed of course.
And vice versa for us to them.
And, in a case of first contact, my guess is that we would cut off contact in fear and begin mass moblisation of planetary defenses, before tentitively letting scientists communicate.
Aliens should be expected to bear our and their responsibilities, to respect our rights and so on, when in our space. With comprimises made if needed of course.
And vice versa for us to them.
And, in a case of first contact, my guess is that we would cut off contact in fear and begin mass moblisation of planetary defenses, before tentitively letting scientists communicate.
Exactly my point.Ultratwinkie said:your spider is missing a leg.Fat Man Spoon said:All I have to say can be summed up in this picture:
Anyway...
No, they do not deserve human rights.
No siree bob.
Yes.
You have no reason to automatically assume that aliens are evil. They're innocent until proven otherwise.
You have no reason to automatically assume that aliens are evil. They're innocent until proven otherwise.
The movie looks excellent, although we won't get it til next month here in UK landCama Zots said:
Anywho... I think it depends now how different from us they are; and further, it depends on if our concept of rights translates into their conscious model. In theory, I say yes, they should - or at least, the principle of individuals (or in the case of a collective type species, the individual super orgasmisms) have the right to life, freedom, and all that jazz.
As long as they are not shooting at me or are planning to shoot me. They can has rights. But only if they treat us as equals too.
Actually, in most cases the 'advanced' (misnomer) society gave the 'primitives' (misnomer) new diseases to reduce their population - if it weren't for smallpox, the Spanish wouldn't have conquered South America.Glefistus said:
With aliens, it seems unlikely that their diseases will transfer over to us. Further, in the recent years, we've being preventing ourselves from interfering with primitives yet to encounter the rest of humanity (amazingly, their still are some in South America).
So, maybe we'll be lucky in the event of alien contact and they'll want trade, peace, and all that jazz.
There Rights should be dictated by their customs and by the customs of their host country/planet/galaxy/whatever. i.e. If they wanna kill people cause of their traditions it only works if it doesn't violate the laws of that host country/etc.
EDIT: As to whether they deserve it? Yes. Does that make a difference if conflict ensues? No.
EDIT: As to whether they deserve it? Yes. Does that make a difference if conflict ensues? No.
They deserve rights, maybe even a lot of the same rights that we have but I wouldn't call them human rights, due to the lack of human in them.
