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- Title
Animals and Rights.
- Authors
Graham, David; Nobis, Nathan
- Abstract
In his reply to the Nobis-Graham review of Tibor Machan's book, Putting Humans First, John Altick defends Machan's and Rand's theories of moral rights, specifically as they relate to the rights of non-human animals and non-rational human beings. Nobis and Graham argue that Altick's defense fails and that it would be wrong to eat, wear, and experiment on non-rational—yet conscious and sentient—human beings. Since morally relevant differences between these kinds of humans and animals have not been identified to justify a difference in treatment or consideration, it is wrong to harm animals for these purposes also.
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2007, Vol 8, Issue 2, p331
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5325/jaynrandstud.8.2.0331