The abstract debate between welfare and rights plays out daily in specific, high-stakes contexts.
Animal rights theory typically draws on: The abstract debate between welfare and rights plays
Since 2013, the NhRP has filed habeas corpus petitions on behalf of captive chimpanzees and elephants in New York courts, arguing they are autonomous beings entitled to bodily liberty. While unsuccessful so far, judges have repeatedly acknowledged that the legal question is serious and that animal personhood is not frivolous. The abstract debate between welfare and rights plays