http://dailyreckoning.com Entertaining Ideas on the Economy, Markets, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://dailyreckoning.com/animal-rights-vs-human-rights/#comment-47394 James H Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:22:11 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?page_id=5600#comment-47394 The irony of this whole thing is PETA kill animal themselves, http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ They operate shelter that kill animal that can't be adopted, and to think that they were champion of animals. The irony of this whole thing is PETA kill animal themselves, http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
They operate shelter that kill animal that can’t be adopted, and to think that they were champion of animals.

]]> http://dailyreckoning.com/animal-rights-vs-human-rights/#comment-38745 meg ziegleder Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:47:48 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?page_id=5600#comment-38745 how much did the meat industry pay you for this pitiful article? how much did the meat industry pay you for this pitiful article?

]]> http://dailyreckoning.com/animal-rights-vs-human-rights/#comment-648 Andre Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:13:37 +0000 http://agoratestsite.com/wordpress-dr/?page_id=5600#comment-648 Dear Jim, You write "Animal rights activists (...) perceive that (...) every organism, everywhere, is endowed with the same rights as citizens of the most progressive democracy." I never heard any such claim being made from an animal rights apologist. As you rightly pointed out, humans don't have intrinsic rights. Some countries give their citizens some rights, other countries other rights. People that defend rights for animals are asking that animals simply be protected from exploitation and easily avoidable human induced suffering. And one of the most effective ways to grant them that protection, seems to be through law. No one is asking for civil rights for animals. Jim you also state that "no critter from aardvark to zebra is capable of understanding and honoring such contracts" but you could say that about some mentally ill, babies or even children. Is that really a reason for us not to grant them rights? If we can easily spare others from causing them pain and distress, why wouldn't we? I think we should do it, just because we can, not having to come up with any philosophical explanation to do it. Is not that I think that laws are the first or ideal ways to solve problems, but for some reason we had to have them for humans. Just wanted to clarify these points and maybe challenge all to give it a thought. Dear Jim,
You write “Animal rights activists (…) perceive that (…) every organism, everywhere, is endowed with the same rights as citizens of the most progressive democracy.”
I never heard any such claim being made from an animal rights apologist.
As you rightly pointed out, humans don’t have intrinsic rights. Some countries give their citizens some rights, other countries other rights.
People that defend rights for animals are asking that animals simply be protected from exploitation and easily avoidable human induced suffering.
And one of the most effective ways to grant them that protection, seems to be through law.
No one is asking for civil rights for animals.
Jim you also state that “no critter from aardvark to zebra is capable of understanding and honoring such contracts” but you could say that about some mentally ill, babies or even children.
Is that really a reason for us not to grant them rights?
If we can easily spare others from causing them pain and distress, why wouldn’t we? I think we should do it, just because we can, not having to come up with any philosophical explanation to do it.
Is not that I think that laws are the first or ideal ways to solve problems, but for some reason we had to have them for humans.
Just wanted to clarify these points and maybe challenge all to give it a thought.

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