Contemporary Kantians agree: Animals do not have rights, because they are not rational

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


ANS: F
Although Kant himself denied that animals have rights, there are contemporary Kantians (such as Tom Regan, mentioned in our textbook) who believe that non-human animals have rights with the same scope and weight as our own.

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