The position I favor (the “rights view”) prioritizes the moral rights of individuals when it comes to our moral thinking. Some defining features of these rights are explained; reasons for recognizing them in the case of humans are advanced; and arguments for extending them to other-than-human animals are sketched. Several objections are considered, including those that dispute the rights view’s alleged inability to explain (1) the amorality of predator-prey relations and (2) our obligations to preserve rare and endangered species.
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Regan, T. (2013). Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics. In Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (Vol. 296, pp. 117–126). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5067-8_8
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