11.18 Persons, not Property
Wise: new liberty rights for animals with practical autonomy
Elephants, cetaceans, apes have practical autonomy so should have liberty rights
What about farm animals? Three possibilities
- precautionary principle--we don't know for sure, but should grant liberty rights just in case they are entitled to them
- they have practical autonomy to a degree so should have liberty rights to a degree
- farm animals don't have practical autonomy, so shouldn't have liberty rights, but we should use the argument from marginal cases to establish other rights for them
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Francione: As long as animals are property, not persons, animal law and and animal lawyers can't accomplish much for animals.
- arguments in the slide show
- additional arguments in the article "The Case Against Pets" (Francione and Charlton)
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