Nature

Should rivers and mountains have legal rights like humans?

For

It ensures strong protection from exploitation.

Against

Giving legal personhood to nature is impractical and confusing.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • If corporations do why not rivers
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Sounds like they might be in to something very good.
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Against

  • Municipalities can't vote to give personhood to anything in the same way they can't vote to give citizenship.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • A person has a lot of rights and I don’t get how it can align with all other laws.
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