ANSC 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ingrid Newkirk, Gary L. Francione, Tom Regan
4 May 2016
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The broad spectrum of animal protection and how we view animals in society. Left: animals are not for humans to use. **views on animals in entertainment? (seaworld, bull fighting, etc. ) Right: humans can use animals in any way they wish. Animal rights concern with overall use of animals. Animal welfare concern with the treatment of those animals. Differing views on what constitutes suffering or necessary (very debatable) Added philosophical and ethical debates to animal protection. Scientists, philosophers, lawyers, physicians, and veterinarians join the movement. Can"t give a dog the right to vote, but we can respect his shared interest to avoid pain and suffering. Ability to feel pain/suffer is our shared interest. The case for animal rights (1983: moral rights position. Animals have intrinsic value and thus moral rights (lenient) Can not use animals in any way without violating those rights. One of the best animal activists of the 20th century.
