The philosophy of animal rights demands only that logic be respected. For any argument that ...

The philosophy of animal rights demands only that logic be respected. For any argument that plausibly explains the independent value of human beings implies that other animals have this same value, and have it equally. And any argument that plausibly explains the right of humans to be treated with respect also implies that these other animals have this same right, and have it equally, too. ~ Professor Tom Regan

For when an injustice is absolute, one must oppose it absolutely. It was not ...

For when an injustice is absolute, one must oppose it absolutely. It was not “reformed” slavery that justice demanded, not “reformed” child labor, not “reformed” subjugation of women. In each of these cases, abolition was the only moral answer. Merely to reform absolute injustice is to prolong injustice. ~ Prof. Tom Regan

It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands in the case of animals used in ...

It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands in the case of animals used in science, for example, but empty cages; not “traditional” animal agriculture, but a complete end to all commerce in the flesh of dead animals; not “more humane” hunting and trapping, but the total eradication of these barbarous practices ~ Tom Regan

The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap and exploit in a variety of ways ...

The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is ~ Prof. Tom Regan

The last thing other animals need is another reason not to care about them ...

The last thing other animals need is another reason not to care about them. How we act towards other people can provide just such a reason ~ Tom Regan.