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99% of our uses of animals, including our numerically most significant use of them for food, do not involve any sort of necessity or any real conflict between human and nonhuman interests. if animals matter morally at all, then, even without accepting a theory of animal rights, those uses of animals cannot be morally justified.
-Gary L. Francione
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99% Of Our Uses Of Animals, Including

Gary L. Francione
99% of our uses of animals, including our numerically most significant use of them for food, do not involve any sort of necessity or any real conflict between human and nonhuman interests. if animals matter morally at all, then, even without accepting a theory of animal rights, those uses of animals cannot be morally justified.
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