Animal rights is a philosophical movement arguing that animals have independent of their utility to humans. It seeks to end exploitation rather than just making it more comfortable.
The debate is shifting due to technology. Animal rights is a philosophical movement arguing that
We are rapidly approaching the possibility of conscious AI. However, AI is also allowing us to "decode" animal communication (pig grunts, whale songs). If we learn that cows have names for each other or that chickens experience PTSD, does the welfare standard of "no unnecessary suffering" become meaningless? How do we manage "necessary" suffering when we realize the animal knows it is about to die? Animal rights is a philosophical movement arguing that