The rights position, most famously articulated by philosopher Tom Regan in The Case for Animal Rights , argues that certain basic rights—most notably, the right not to be treated as property and the right not to be killed—extend to all sentient beings (those capable of subjective experience, pleasure, and pain). Rights are not granted on a sliding scale of human usefulness; they are inalienable. The logical conclusion of the rights view is : the end of all institutionalized animal use, including factory farming, medical testing, circuses, and often pet ownership.
So the question is not Do animals have rights? It is Do we have the moral imagination to grant them?
The gold standard for welfare is the originally developed for livestock but now applied across the board:
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The rights position, most famously articulated by philosopher Tom Regan in The Case for Animal Rights , argues that certain basic rights—most notably, the right not to be treated as property and the right not to be killed—extend to all sentient beings (those capable of subjective experience, pleasure, and pain). Rights are not granted on a sliding scale of human usefulness; they are inalienable. The logical conclusion of the rights view is : the end of all institutionalized animal use, including factory farming, medical testing, circuses, and often pet ownership.