Human-Animal Chimeras And Dehumanisation | John Evans | OUP | 1st October 2016

On the ethical implications of genetically engineered human-animal cross-breeds. “We can all agree that the world is not ready for a talking pig, and there is clearly a dystopian novel waiting to written about the pig given human consciousness but without the ability to interact. Moreover, an entity with a human body but a pig brain, which would be useful for human transplants, would certainly be controversial. But what would make one of these entities human and another not human?”