Cheers, Ken Hanly
Gordon Fitch wrote:
> Yoshie Furuhashi:
> > Peter, I'd have to say I'm not in favor of the idea of "animal rights."
>
> The expression is maybe unfortunate because of the ambiguities
> in the word _rights_. However, the notion that non-human yet
> sentient beings deserve ethical and political consideration
> has become rather widespread and has developed a modest body
> of theory, whereas the position that they do not, wherever I
> have encountered it, has always appealed either to utility or
> convention -- in other words, it lacks philosophy. I'd be
> glad to speak as tediously as necessary for the former, if
> someone really wants me to -- I see animal rights or animal
> liberation as a natural extension of anarchism.
>
> Gordon