Abstract
The idea of animal rights is sympathetic with regards to animal suffering. Including these rights in the constitution has enormous symbolic value: it underlines the important moral position of other creatures. Nevertheless, in this contribution it is stated that the attribution of rights to other than human animals in a legal system that is developed for and run by human animals, is in a sense speciesistic: other than human animals cannot fence for themselves within our legal arena. The law as we know it, is an important tool in addressing human behaviour towards other species.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 323-324 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Beleid en Maatschappij |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- animal abuse
- Animal rights
- Non-speciesism