1. The Whispering Monk

    Is there any particular reason other than speciecism as to why exactly human infants should have a higher legal status than, say, cats or dogs?

    It's spelled Mohel, and they are the specially trained practitioners of circumcision in the Jewish tradition. Really, I should have said Rabi, as they would be the determiners of Kosherness. However, I use the Mohel whenever I can...for the silliness quotiant.
  2. The Whispering Monk

    Is there any particular reason other than speciecism as to why exactly human infants should have a higher legal status than, say, cats or dogs?

    It really requires you to define sentience. If all you require for sentience is that something is able to sense, then every creature is sentient. However, my definition (and most I have spoken with) requires consciousness. "Well then, what is consciousness?" Consciousness involves internal...
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