Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare from Gary L. Francione on Vimeo.

Professor Francione argues that there are profound theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. He is critical of what he calls “new welfarism,” or the position that incremental improvements in animal welfare will lead to the abolition of animal exploitation. These views are contained in Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (Temple University Press, 1996).

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• Direitos animais vs. bem-estar animal | Portuguese
• Derechos de los animales vs. bienestar animal | Spanish

Theory of Animal Rights from Gary L. Francione on Vimeo.

Professor Francione has developed a theory of animal rights that relies only on the sentience of nonhumans and that requires the abolition, and not merely the regulation, of animal exploitation. Professor Francione’s theory, which is developed in Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Temple University Press, 2000), differs considerably from those proposed by others, most notably Peter Singer and Tom Regan.

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• Dierenrechtentheorie | Dutch
• La théorie des droits des animaux | French
• Theorie der Tierrechte | German
• 動物の権利論 | Japanese
• Teoria dos direitos animais | Portuguese
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