"Dutch" > wrote in :

> There has been a veritable litany of arguments against her "position",
> such as it is, by me, Jay Santos, usual suspect, and others. You ought
> to go back and review them in the newsgroup alt.animals.ethics. There
> are several active threads involved. If you limit Reply to's to
> alt.philosophy however you aren't going to see what you claim to want
> to see.

Aha. I read the thread in alt.philosophy, and that is where I replied. Very
little in the way of argument appearing there. One group occupies enough of
my time, however, so I'll withdraw from this argument.

>> Are (at least some) non-human animals moral agents?
>
> Animals are generally seen as "moral patients", i.e. they deserve
> moral consideration from humans but are not obligated to reciprocate.
>
>> Do they have any any
>> moral status at all?
>
> Of course, see above.

Good -- nice to know the issues are being discussed somewhere. Thanks for
the response!