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13 Apr 14
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The crucial attribute that all humans have in common, he argues, is not rationality, but the fact that each of us has a life that matters to us; in other words, what happens to us matters to us, regardless of whether it matters to anyone else. In Regan's terminology, we each experience being the "subject-of-a-life."
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22 Jul 13
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10 Oct 09
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life that matters to us
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he right never to be treated merely as a means to the ends of others.
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The basic right that all who possess inheren
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value have,
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right not to be harmed.
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miniride principle
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miniride principle
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worse-off principle
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override the rights of the few
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mitigate the situation of those who would be worse-off.
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an animal’s harm in death is not tantamount to the human’s harm in similar circumstance. This is supposedly because the ending of an animal life entails the loss of fewer opportunities when compared to the loss of a human’s. In Rega
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human life ought always have priority.
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According to Regan, it follows from the ascription to animals of the basic right to be treated with respect that we should abolish the breeding of animals for food, animal experimentation, and commercial hunting. Regan himself is a self-confessed 'muddler.' Starting as a leather-wearing, circus-visiting meat eater, a series of musings, experiences, and insights led him to conclude he was morally unable to use animals for meat, clothing or, other purpose that does not respect their rights.
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11 Mar 09
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08 Oct 07
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