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Animal Law Review

2004

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The Day May Come: Legal Rights For Animals, Tom Regan Jan 2004

The Day May Come: Legal Rights For Animals, Tom Regan

Animal Law Review

This article examines the main arguments used for denying moral rights to nonhuman animals, the rights to life and bodily integrity in particular. Because these arguments are deficient, animals should not be denied legal rights on the basis of their presumed moral inferiority to humans.