Ryder adopted the term -arguing that it is a prejudice as irrational as any other.
Īdvocates for animal rights oppose the assignment of moral value and fundamental protections on the basis of species membership alone-an idea known as speciesism since 1970, when Richard D. That is, all species of animals have the right to be treated as individuals, with their own desires and needs, rather than as unfeeling property. The placard in this statue of Valluvar at an animal sanctuary in South India describes the Kural's teachings on ahimsa and non-killing, summing them up with the definition of veganism.Īnimal rights is the philosophy according to which all animals are entitled to the possession of their own existence and that their most basic interests-such as the need to avoid suffering-should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. 5th-century CE Tamil scholar Valluvar, in his Tirukkural, taught ahimsa and moral vegetarianism as personal virtues.
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