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Do animals have rights?

Carl Cohen
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A right, unlike an interest, is a valid claim, or potential claim, made by a moral agent, under principles that govern both the claimant and the target of the claim. Animals cannot be the bearers of rights because the concept of rights is essentially human; it is rooted in and has force within a human moral world.

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Carl Cohen. 1997. Do animals have rights?. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb0702_1

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