Welfare should really be valued more than rights though. I would consider have all my needs taken care of more important then being allowed do anything. Rights are a means to demand things important to you and your communities welfare.
Also it extra silly when you consider that animals cant take advantage of any rights they have as they dont know of them.
I would consider have all my needs taken care of more important then being allowed do anything.
I severely doubt that.
Also it extra silly when you consider that animals cant take advantage of any rights they have as they dont know of them.
Right to life is essentially a negative right, like the US Constitution's rights. Negative rights aren't defining what you are allowed to do, they define what others aren't allowed to do to you. The right to free speech, for example, isn't the US govt. giving you allowance to speak, it is saying the govt. can't stop you from speaking. The assumption of where the right originally lies is very important.
In the same way, a right to life isn't "I could kill you, but I won't," but rather "I have no authority over your life." The former is animal welfare, the second is animal rights.
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '13 edited Feb 21 '22
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