Warren's Moral Space Traveler thought experiment shows that
A) it's possible for a nonhuman to be a person.
B) humans have a higher moral status than persons.
C) you need a soul in order to be a human.
D) humans cannot be agents.

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Warren's Moral Space Traveler thought experiment is designed to challenge our intuitions about what it means to be a person and argues that personhood does not necessarily require being human. It suggests that beings who are not human could still possess characteristics (such as rationality, autonomy, etc.) that qualify them as persons, thereby having moral status.

Warren's Moral Space Traveler Thought Experiment Shows That