Human Rights for Nonhumans, Activism for Introverts, and Other Seeming Oxymorons
As I explained here on the blog yesterday , from today through Sunday, I'm attending Vegan Summerfest. In yesterday's essay, I provided the descriptions of each of the talks I'll be giving and went into some detail about the first one (which I'll deliver later today), titled Free Speech for Animals . As promised, in today's essay I discuss my other talks. For those of you who missed yesterday's essay and don't want to click over to it, I'll provide the official description of each before diving in to a brief further exegesis of what I hope to accomplish. Human Rights for Nonhuman Animals : The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights has played a critical role in efforts to combat grave injustices, including torture, genocide, and enslavement. But why should rights against such practices be restricted to human beings? Let’s explore whether, and if so, how, “human rights” can be a basis for securing rights for non-human animals. The genesis of this talk...