Human beings are animals. Therefore, if people have rights, it follows that at least some animals have rights too. The question is where we draw the line, and why.
Continue with these questions:
- Do only humans have souls?
- Are only humans self-aware?
- Where do rights come from?
- When we eat meat, are we breaking any laws?
- Why should we treat animals better than they treat one another?
- Why do we have moral obligations to animals that do not understand moral concepts?
- What does the term “rights” mean?
- What do we gain by respecting other animals’ rights if they do not respect ours?