(Rights & Animal Treatment) Reflection
Among the questions explored in discussions of the morality of our treatment of animals are these: Is there a morally significant difference between human beings and non-human animals? Do animals have rights?
If those who argue for animal liberation or animal rights are correct, it would seem that a radical change in our treatment of animals is morally required. The issue thus has profound social, political, and economic implications.
Here’s the question your Reflection should focus on: Would an approach to animal ethics that says that animals have rights, as opposed to worrying about the harm they suffer, be immune to Bruckner’s dilemma?
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