Animal Welfare asks us to be . It is achievable, measurable, and imperfect. Animal Rights asks us to be just . It is radical, distant, and absolute.
Welfare accepts the premise of slavery. It seeks a "nicer" factory farm, a "less painful" lethal experiment, a "more comfortable" zoo cage. As philosopher Bernard Rollin noted, "Welfare is the reduction of suffering within an exploitative system." Part III: Animal Rights – "Abolition, Not Regulation" If welfare is a renovation, Animal Rights is a demolition order. Animal Welfare asks us to be
Welfare is about . It asks: Is the cage big enough? Is the slaughter method swift? Is the transport short? Is the pain manageable? a "less painful" lethal experiment