Asthemostoutstandingrepresentativeoftheanimalrightsmovement,TomReaganusedlargeamountoffiercelanguagetoappealforanimalrights.However,lackingpersuasivetheoreticalargumentsintheoriginoftheanimalrightstheory,basisofexistence,definitionoftheprotectivescopeetcmadehispropositionof“emptycagetheory”didnothaverealisticfeasibilityinpracticallevel.Undeniably,asarealistictheoreticalrepresentationform,animalrightstheorywasstillberegardedasoneofthemostsignificantprogressonthedevelopmentofhumanethics.
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