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DESCRIPTION:Reception with light refreshments starts at 5:15pm. Siraganian
's talk starts at 5:30pm. \n\nSHOULD NONHUMANS HAVE RIGHTS IN LAW AND POL
ITICS?\n\nOver the last twenty-five years\, the concept of per-sonhood ha
s become central to many contentious debates. Corporations have won free
speech protections\, as if they were individuals. The right to life or fr
eedom has been claimed on behalf of fetuses\, trees\, and elephants. The
fund of human rights is spilling over into the nonhuman.\n\nThe Problem o
f Personhood reveals the unsettling consequences of granting rights to im
agined persons\, such as Sophia the robot citizen or New Zealand's Whanga
nui River. Synthesizing the political and philosophical debates on perso
nhood and drawing on a varied cast of thinkers that includes Simone Weil\
, Hannah Arendt\, and Dr. Seuss\, Lisa Siraganian uncovers the disturbin
g impact of this contemporary development. Awarding rights to robots and
rivers all too easily becomes a legal tool to turn people into capital. W
hen robot Sophia is made a citizen\, "she" is transformed into a subject
in the law without the corresponding legal duties that protect us from h
er.\n\nAt the root of this trend is the US Supreme Court's Citizens Unite
d ruling that grants First Amendment rights to corporations as if they we
re individuals. The result has not been the transformation of things into
humans so much as humans into things\, when animals and the environment
would be better protected with reference to our humanity rather than to t
heirs.
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CATEGORIES:Lectures/Conferences
CATEGORIES:Other
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a lecture by Simon Fisher (Dalhousie Uni
versity). This lecture is part of a collaborative program hosted by the J
ohn Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)\, the Duke Human Rights Cent
er (DHRC)\, and the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice (P
MC).
\n \nThe PMC engages diverse communities to lift up the life
and legacy of activist\, legal scholar\, feminist\, poet\, Episcopal prie
st and LGBTQ community member\, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray\, to tackle endurin
g inequities and injustice in our nation.
\n \nThe Center began as
the Pauli Murray Project: a public humanities\, community-based initiativ
e of the Duke Human Rights Center at the John Hope Franklin Humanities In
stitute (DHRC@FHI) aimed at promoting open dialogue among Durham resident
s about the pressing issues of our time and their historical roots\; docu
menting hidden stories of social justice activism\; celebrating Pauli Mur
ray's life and legacy and continuing their work for social change. Now an
independent nonprofit organization that operates a National Historic Lan
dmark site (the Fitzgerald home\, Pauli's childhood residence)\, the Cent
er connects experiences of the past to contemporary human rights issues\,
inspiring visitors of all ages to be like Pauli\, by standing up\, speak
ing out and taking action based on their principles.
\nMore soon.\n