Animal Person
JANUARY 6, 2010
The way I see it, there are three camps on this one: People who think that dolphins or Great Apes or chimps could function as a gateway to other animals getting rights. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species?
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 1, 2010
As regards animals, the position is clear. If an animal has the relevant moral capacities, actually or potentially, then it can be a possessor of rights. It may for this reason be morally appropriate for us meanwhile to act towards the former animals as if they are possessors of rights.
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Animal Person
APRIL 1, 2010
Meanwhile, "new speciesism" is the notion that within a paradigm where rights are included for nonhuman animals, some are more deserving of rights than others for any of a variety of reasons (e.g., Today's nonhuman apes don't represent earlier stages in human development. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it.
Animal Ethics
APRIL 19, 2016
"There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally. Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 21, 2009
But let's stick to the animal rights issue. The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. What were they thinking?) That image was wrong on so many levels. His death was a tragedy and should not be mocked. This is serious stuff.
Animal Person
MARCH 23, 2009
Also at Parade , which reader morganna alerted me to, is " Should Apes Be Allowed as Pets? I've had the pleasure of seeing her in action with adults and children and I profoundly admire her vegan education and animal rights activism. which includes a poll. There is an elephant who deperately needs our help.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 20, 2007
The sleight of hand that gave us the “selfish” gene gives us the rights of baboons. By abusing evolutionary biology in this way, we are able to read back the sophisticated conduct of people into the animal behavior that prefigures it. It is not that they do no wrong, but that “right” and “wrong” here make no sense.
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