An Argument Against Treating Non-Human Animal Bodies as Commodities

Some animal defenders are committed to complete abstinence from products. However the strongest arguments for adopting veganism only seem require that one avoid using products, where use or procurement of these products will harm sentient animals. As such, there is seemingly a gap between our intuition and argument. In this article I attempt defend more comprehensive claim we have moral reason regardless method procurement. argue bodies give rise properties which grant animals’ status in light this, possess final value themselves. This gives us not commodify bodies, means defeasible abstain almost all circumstances.