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Professor Tom Regan: An Introduction to Animal Rights

This presentation by Professor Tom Regan was recorded at the University of Heidelberg in Germany on May 24, 2006. Philosopher Tom Regan, who was named as one of fifty visionaries who are changing the world, begins by contrasting the fact that many people make a firm distinction between the animals they live with (cats and dogs, for example) and other animals. He explains how it is that animal rights advocates (ARAs) extend the same sense of compassion and respect that they feel for dogs and cats, on the one hand, to the other animals who routinely are turned into food, clothing, and the like, on the other. Not all ARAs, he explains, arrive at this destination in the same way. In particular, some need to be convinced; some need a logical argument. In his presentation, Professor Regan accepts this challenge and invites others to consider the main factual and moral questions whose answers inform the conviction that other animals have moral rights. For more from Professor Tom Regan, please visit his website: www.tomregan.info