Animal liberation-Should animals have the same rights as humans.?

Answer 1

That is a tad silly they don't have near the brains as we do. A horses brain for instince is about 1/6 the size of a adult brain. And if you want something to put you on edge read the book Animal Fram. It will make you think twice if you answered yes to this question. (read it before saying things about it this goes for anyone)

Answer 2

No but they should have Humane rights , sort of a Geneva convention rights for Animals .and what is classed as cruelty or torture to us should be should apply too animals too
Some Humans should have their human rights taken away from them ( the ones who behave in ways that calling them an animal is an insult to any real animal ) and i don`t mean the ones that have learning difficulty ,just the ones that don`t have a scrap of humanity left in them.

Answer 3

Humans differ from other animals only in the magnitude of our capacity for intelligence. We're not anything incredibly special or especially deserving. Therefore, although I don't think that animals should be afforded certain social rights that humans possess - the right to vote/bear arms/hold political office, etc - because they're not agents of our culture/agents of "morality", I do think that they should be afforded MUCH more respect and privilege than we now give them. Just because they aren't moral 'agents' - perpetuators of morality capable of gauging 'moral value' - doesn't mean they aren't moral 'patients', capable of benifiting from our morality. In fact, I think it degrades the 'humanity' that results from our expanded intellectual ability that we so callously deny them that benifit. Of course things are going to die - natural selection is a tough roll and we are lucky to have ended out on top - but I think that if we would accept the fact that we're all in the same boat and that humans aren't innately superior to other animals simply because we've adapted to our surroundings differently we'd give more clout to the suffering/indignities that we force animals to face....

Answer 4

I suppose you have a good point but a balance needs to be found. Animals such as cows do provide food for humans and as such trying to provide the same rights would cause problems. As the great Buddhist teacher Thict Nat Han said, "Although being a vegetarian is a good thing not everyone can do it. Thus a balance must be found." Shooting tigers for their skins is a bad thing if you aren't going to do anything with the rest of the body.

Answer 5

Animals receive basic rights, which is the right to live and even pursue some degree of happiness. But unless we can prove that they are capable of deductive reasoning and informed decision making like humans are, then they are not worthy of the same rights. But we as a society should not forget that animals do indeed have rights!!! Just not equal rights.

Answer 6

Silly question.... NO....

However animals do have rights, and should not be mistreated (this does not include the right not to be eaten or be involved in legitimate medical trials after all they signed the waiver)

however I do not understand this attachment to pets, people eat chickens, why not chiwawas , I bet devonshire blues taste great, I do not think i'd like to eat a schitzu cos all they do is lick their own bottom all day. :)

If everyone became vegitarian today.....(and by my last comment they might) it does not mean that the contryside would be full of fluffy animals frolicking in the sunshine enjoying life. THERE WOULD BE NO ANIMALS IN THE FIELDS!!!!!!! there would be no further reason to breed foodstocks and alot of them would become extinct....Therefore I eat meat for their welfare, and choose responsibly farmed produce.

I think PETA should stand for People Eating Tasty Animals

Pass me that spectacled Owl and some cajun marinade :)

Answer 7

I guess the ones who work for a living should have some rights...after all they are working...
and like one guy said the right to bear arms..hey unless the bears ore in the circus, and they actually need their arms ??

but not really, the animals need laws to keep them safe and keep them from being used and abused, but not the same as humans..

good luck
smile

Answer 8

i am vegetarian and feel strongly about this. Animals should not have all the rights that we do. However this does not mean they should have little or no rights. they should have the right to a humane and dignified death and a dignified disposal. ie no price should be put on an animals life. neither should it be consumed by humans, its sick.

Answer 9

Yes!

People are too dumb to see past the nose on their faces. We are animals, sharing the same distant ancestors as the rest of our fellow earthlings. We developed more advanced language and communications before the other species and now we invent gods by the thousands to give false hope of an afterlife. And that really makes us think we're special.

Wake up idiots!

Answer 10

No because animals are not humans. Sure they should have rights but if you want to ask that then that means you would give them the right to work and vote and everything. We have enough idiots in this world voting we really dont need actual jackasses doing it too, geez the results of the last election were bad enough!

Answer 11

They should have many of the protections afforded humans. This is a " human " world, so I do not think even common decency to animals will come about soon.