Excerpt from Animals' Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress
The object of the following essay is to set the principle of animals' rights on a consistent and intelligible foot ing, to show that this principle underlies the various efforts of humanitarian reformers, and to make a clear ance of the comfortable fallacies which the apologists of the present system have industriously accumulated. While not hesitating to speak strongly when occasion demanded, I have tried to avoid the tone of irrelevant recrimination so common in these controversies, and thus to give more unmistakable emphasis to the vital points at issue. We have to decide, not whether the practice of fox-hunting, for example, is more, or less, cruel than vivisection, but whether all practices which inflict unnecemary pain on sentient beings are not in compatible with the higher instincts of humanity.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the concept of animal rights, arguing that animals, just like humans, possess inherent rights to live their lives with a degree of freedom. The author positions this concept within a broader historical context, tracing the evolution of humanitarian thought from the early days of Buddhism and Pythagoreanism through the Enlightenment period, marking the shift from regarding animals as soulless beings to acknowledging their capacity for suffering and their fundamental right to a dignified existence. The book delves into the profound moral implications of treating animals as mere property, examining a range of issues including the exploitation of domestic animals for labor and food, the cruelties of hunting, and the practice of vivisection. It challenges the common justifications for mistreatment, exposing the hypocrisy behind the notion that humans have the right to exploit animals for their own benefit. The book argues that a truly humane society must recognize animal rights and strive to create a more just relationship between humans and the animal kingdom, ultimately advocating for a future where all beings are treated with compassion and respect. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331043881_0
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