goes a step further, arguing that animals have an inherent right to live free from human exploitation or use, regardless of how "humanely" they are treated. 🏛️ The Five Freedoms of Welfare
One must be cautious, however. Hardline rights activists worry that improving welfare actually extends the life of animal exploitation. For example, if consumers switch to "cage-free" eggs, they feel moral satisfaction and stop pushing for an end to egg laying altogether. The welfare reform becomes a pressure-release valve. This is the "abolitionist vs. regulationist" paradox: Does a bigger cage bring us closer to liberation, or further away? goes a step further, arguing that animals have
Consider these statistics:
The law is far more comfortable with welfare than with rights. goes a step further