Animals and Human Rights

Authors

  • Richard RYDER

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/rbda.v3i4.10459

Abstract

The word speciesism came to me while I was lying in a bath in
Oxford some 35 years ago. It was like racism or sexism — a prejudice
based upon morally irrelevant physical differences. Since Darwin we
have known we are human animals related to all the other animals
through evolution; how, then, can we justify our almost total oppression
of all the other species? All animal species can suffer pain and distress.
Animals scream and writhe like us; their nervous systems are similar
and contain the same biochemicals that we know are associated with
the experience of pain in ourselves.

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Published

2014-05-23

How to Cite

RYDER, R. (2014). Animals and Human Rights. Brazilian Animal Law Journal, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.9771/rbda.v3i4.10459