1. Do Animals Have a Right to Liberty?, by James Rachels
the question as to whether animals have rights. If they do,
... it would seem an illegitimate invasion of animal rights to
kill and eat them, if, as seems to be the case, we can sustain
ourselves
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2. Animal Rights in the Political Arena, by Clive Hollands
'But we are kind to our animals'?
The best definition of
animal welfare or animal rights embraces the concept of dignity:
it means according to animals the natural
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3. Who's Like Us?, by Heta Häyry & Matti Häyry
secure their political rights in many countries, and this is the
way in which rights ought to be achieved.
There are
several critiques to be voiced against the view.
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4. Humans, Nonhumans and Personhood, by Robert W. Mitchell
that some
animals can satisfy criteria for verbal communication, we can now
look for evidence of self-consciousness in these animals, with its
attendant sense of moral responsibility.
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5. Aping Persons — Pro and Con, by Steve F. Sapontzis
few of those
rights. However, basing moral and legal protections on specific
interests can also lead to the conclusion that nonhuman animals
should have rights that humans do not need. So, specific
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6. Personhood, Property and Legal Competence, by Gary L. Francione
the law as capable of having rights;
nonhumans are regarded as incapable of having rights. Although
there is an increasing social awareness about nonhuman animals and
a consensus that animals possess at
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7. Speciesism in the Laboratory, by Richard Ryder
The licence provides protection
against prosecution for cruelty under the principal animal welfare
statute (the protection of animals Act 1911). Experiments must be
performed on premises
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8. The Ascent of Apes — Broadening the Moral Community, by Bernard E. Rollin
who might begin with animals and, if left unchecked,
graduate to venting their twisted urges upon human beings, as to
protect the animals for themselves. The traditional humane or
animal welfare
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9. 'They Clearly Now See the Link': Militant Voices, by Philip Windeatt
to take a position on animal welfare. In its
1983 manifesto it intended to outlaw all forms of hunting with
dogs, make snares illegal, transform the Farm animal welfare
Council into a Standing
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10. Against Zoos, by Dale Jamieson
can be learned by studying animals that are kept in
the unnatural conditions that obtain in most zoos. Others have
argued that captive animals are more interesting research subjects
than are wild
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