Animal rights, human wrongs?

Animal Wrongs

Minor rights and wrongs.

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Citizen’s Income: Rights and Wrongs

A Citizen’s Income, or a Basic Income, is not a new idea but it has been receiving increasing attention. There is confusion about the idea and an attempt is made to distinguish different concepts. Then a full Citizen’s Income is examined in relation to four key criteria: the justice of an unconditional benefit; the possibility and fairness of a simple individual benefit; economic efficiency; an...

Animal Rights and Wrongs: An Ethical View of Animal Experimentation from Graham Mitchell

The use of animals in research continues to be a divisive issue for the animal-rights movement and the biomedical community. Animal-rights activists are adept at working with the media and in politics to advance their viewpoint. Although researchers have begun to explain their position, there remains a strong nt%d to publicize the human benefit derived from animal experimentation. The primary n...

Introduction: ‘Honour’, Rights and Wrongs

This volume arises out of documentation and reflection by individuals and organisations across diverse regions, communities and cultures on existing and potential strategies of response to ‘crimes of honour’, seen primarily as a manifestation of violence against women, and a violation of women’s human rights. It was catalysed in particular by the murder of two young women, Samia Sarwar in Pakis...