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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals. The animal rights movement is not for the faint of heart. To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy.

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Tom Regan on Rights

Animal Ethics

The legal rights individuals have arise as the result of the creative activity of human beings. Theoretically, one could, it is true, create legal rights that accord with or protect moral rights, but that is not the same as creating these moral rights in the first place. When it comes to legal rights, not all individuals are equal.

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