Renato Massa

Animal rights, wrongs and moods Renato Massa

The idea that animals hold rights has been considered as fascinating and promising by some philosophers such as Tom Regan or Peter Singer but unfortunately this approach proved not to be a wise one in the western world. This assay wants to prove that the concept itself of animal welfare is much more manageable compared to that of animal rights and that a number of animal-human interactions require a more pragmatic approach to be useful and successfull