Sentience and intrinsic worth as a pluralist foundation for fundamental animal rights

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    Although there is no broad consensus that animals need rights, it does seem clear that contemporary animal welfare laws have proven insufficient for the purpose of protecting animals. Cass R Sunstein, ‘Standing for Animals (with Notes on Animal Rights)` 47 UCLA Law Review 1333, 1336-7; Clare McCausland, ‘The Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare Are Rights` 27 Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Ethics 649; Matthew H Kramer, ‘Do Animals and Dead People Have Legal Rights` 14 CJLJ 29. As Stucki explains, fundamental animal rights are legal rights similar in nature and purpose to human . . .

     

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