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the radical idea that pain feels bad whether or not you can do calculus.
means the ethical and legal position that nonhuman animals deserve protection from suffering and exploitation regardless of their usefulness to humans.
from crystallized as a formal movement in the 1970s, sparked by philosopher Peter Singer's 1975 book Animal Liberation, which borrowed civil rights language and aimed it at species instead of race.
coined termspeciesism, coined by Richard Ryder in 1970
legal milestoneswitzerland recognizes animals as beings, not property
key distinctionwelfare wants better cages, rights wants no cages
famous casea chimp named Tommy sued for legal personhood