notion [of species essence] demand a severely brain-damaged person rig — Steven Mithen, Prehistory Mind: Cognitive Origins Art, Religion Science

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It is because of this notion [of species essence] that we demand that a severely brain-damaged person should have the same rights as a university professor, or a physically disabled person the same rights as an Olympian sportsman. They are all 'human', whatever their intellectual and physical abilities.

Steven Mithen, The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion and Science

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