1. Animal Rights and Sentience
John Locke, esteemed philosophical essayist and one of the most influential people of the 17th century, states in his work Concerning Human Understanding of Ideas that an "idea is the object of thinking," and that such thoughts originate from "experience," "reflection," and "sensation" (Locke). Using ideas inspired from Locke's essay, the application of natural rights, another concept Locke is well known for, can be applied to animal species that are proven to experience and feel as humans do. ... Unfortunately due to the apparent communication ba...
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