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== Introduction ==

The term ''animal rights'' is ordinarily used to convey the idea that non-human animals are worthy of a high degree of moral consideration. It can also be used more specifically to refer to a rights-based philosophical approach to animal ethics as opposed to other philosophical frameworks. Additionally, ''animal rights'' can refer to a legal concept, but that is outside the scope of this article.

In this article, we use the term in the general sense but in a philosophical context, covering:

* How animal rights philosophy contextually fits into the overall areas of philosophy
* The philosophical approaches to animal ethics
* The major philosophers who shaped the landscape
* Objections to animal rights philosophy
* The usefulness of animal rights philosophy in advocacy and outreach

== Context ==

== Approaches ==

=== Utilitarianism ===

=== Negative Utilitarianism ===

=== Rights Based, Deontological ===

=== Virtue Ethics ===

== Philosophers ==

=== Pythagoras (570 BCE–490 BCE) ===

=== René Descartes (1596–1650) ===

=== Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) ===

=== Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) ===

=== Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) ===

=== Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) ===

=== Tom Regan (1938–2017) ===

=== Richard Ryder (1940– ) ===

=== James Rachels (1941–2003) ===

=== Peter Singer (1946– ) ===

== Objections to Animal Rights Philosophy ==

== Usefulness for Advocacy and Outreach ==

== See Also ==

== Footnotes ==
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== Meta ==

This article was originally authored by [[User:Greg.Fuller | Greg Fuller]]. The contents may have been edited since that time by others.

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