The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human Rights

How much should animals count, morally? Can we defend the continued use of nonhuman animals for food, labor, entertainment, and research? In this landmark contribution to a debate that has raged since the 1970s, ethicist Paola Cavalieri argues not only that many animals should be granted full moral status but also that we are compelled to do so by the most powerful, widely held moral doctrine in existence.

Cavalieri proposes that we extend basic human rights to most of the nonhuman animals ...