The debate revolves around whether animals are property or sentient beings with legal standing.
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: U.S. lawmakers are moving toward a permanent ban on the slaughter and export of horses for human consumption, with a major vote anticipated later this year. 🧪 Science & Ethical Research The debate revolves around whether animals are property
The modern philosophical bedrock of the animal rights movement was laid by Tom Regan in his 1983 book, The Case for Animal Rights . Regan argued that animals are "subjects-of-a-life." Like humans, animals have beliefs, desires, perception, memory, emotional life, and a sense of the future. Because they possess these psychological complexities, Regan argued, they have inherent value. To treat a subject-of-a-life merely as a means to an end (e.g., killing a pig for bacon) is a violation of their fundamental rights, regardless of how "humanely" the pig is treated. lawmakers are moving toward a permanent ban on