What is personhood though? What is humanity and human morality?
Within the “Human” specie, there is an offset number and portion of people who are Self-Conscious and Intelligent. Should less intelligent people be ‘treated’ the same as intelligent people? No, because the Expectations are different. We don’t expect stupid people to be smart; and we shouldn’t expect smart people to play dumb.
What do dumb people do? They “Trust the Experts”, supposedly, but how? Today, the masses follow the television and media, presumed authorities. If Mass Media says “Orange Man Bad!” then that’s what masses believe. They don’t need reason. They only need emotional training. They only need to see it on tv for it to be their Truth.
In order for Morality to work, in order for there to be a ‘Human’ designation that makes any type of sense, there must first be a presumed Equality. Without that Equality, the rest won’t make sense, and it won’t exist. Therefore, Morality, and Humanity (as extension of Morality), are impositions upon the masses, with implied Hierarchy (God being the Highest).