Animal Rights

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When animals count more than people

Michael Cook | 11 June 2011 |

tags: animal rights, Australia, human dignity

Treat animals with kindness, by all means. But don't forget about people.

Making the Good Book animal-friendly

Bill Muehlenberg | 31 March 2011 |

tags: animal rights, personhood, religion

An animal rights group wants a non-discriminatory translation of the Bible.

Human = animal = robot

Margaret Somerville | 20 August 2010 |

tags: animal rights, forum, human exceptionalism, personhood, transhumanism

If we lose our grip on our conviction that humans are special, there will be far-reaching changes in society.

Being human is no big deal

Theron Bowers | 11 August 2010 |

tags: animal rights, forum, human dignity, Peter Singer

Are human beings just a smarter species of animal or is there something transcendentally different about them?

A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy

Bill Muehlenberg | 28 June 2010 |

tags: animal rights, Peter Singer

An American bioethics writer defends "human exceptionalism" against the sometimes sinister agenda of the animal liberation movement.

Swiss animals are in the catbird seat. How about the kids?

Clara Balestra | 09 March 2010 |

tags: animal rights, children's rights, Switzerland

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to give animals a public defender. But children are still not adequately protected.

Are animals persons?

Margaret Somerville | 27 January 2010 |

tags: animal rights, personhood

If we grant personhood to some animals, we will end up withdrawing it from some human beings.