There is also the question of animal experimentation, which can occur for the sake of life-saving medicines, which is one thing, but is also used extensively by the cosmetic industry, which is another issue morally.
I am linking to a Stanford Encyclopedia entry on animal rights.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Are you for animal rights? It's not quite that simple
Some people defend animal rights because they really think animals have a right to life. Others oppose the killing of animals for food as it is currently done by the meat industry because it is done inhumanely involving unnecessary suffering. The Kosher law in Judaism allows for slaughtering, but imposes rules that prevent unnecessary cruelty.
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If to have rights needs sophisticated desires for self preservation then no, but then nor do many children have these desires either either.
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