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Noun Concept

Categories: Political movements, All articles lacking reliable references, Articles with short description, Ethical schools and movements, Animal rights

animal rights Alderman C. Smith Analogy postulate animal-rights Animal Advocates

Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. Wikipedia

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Animals being considered as legal persons Wikipedia Disambiguation

Idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be given the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Idea that the needs of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as those of human beings Wikidata

Just claims, legal guarantees or moral principles accorded to sentient, non-human species, including freedom from abuse, consumption, experimentation, use as clothing or performing for human entertainment. OmegaWiki

Certain fundamental rights that animals are entitled to, such as the right to be spared undue suffering. Wiktionary

Fundamental rights for animals. Wiktionary (translation)

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right

animal protection

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abolitionism

Animal rights and the Holocaust