The argument that children deserve fewer rights because they are biologically different from adults is the same circular reasoning historically used to deny rights to women and black people ('they're women, so obviously they're different'), and is therefore invalid.

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Sarah Fitz-Claridge

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that is the same circular argument that was used in the past about women and black people

Source

Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously | The Lunar Society #15Dwarkesh Patel
Created: 6/13/2026, 7:01:20 PM

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