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Forum: General Photography
09-24-2015, 04:15 PM
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Yes, that follows from my point; animals don't have rights. This quote helps explain why: A right is a " link between the moral code of a man and the legal code of a society, between ethics and politics. Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law."
Animals have no concept of moral law; one cannot come to an agreement with them that they understand. (It is up to us to create the terms of our interactions with animals. The more civilized we are, the more considerate we are in our treatment of animals.) However, as long as we eat them, it rings hollow to grant them property rights.
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Forum: General Photography
09-24-2015, 03:56 PM
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"The right to life is the source of all rights—and the right to property is their only implementation."
If animals have property rights, then they have a right to life, in which case those of us who eat chicken and fish should be arrested for murder.
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