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| Author | Tom Regan |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | Animal rights |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 474 (2004 paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0520243866 |
| Preceded by | All That Dwell Therein: Essays on Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics |
| Followed by | Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science |
The Case for Animal Rights is a 1983 book by the American philosopher Tom Regan, in which the author argues that at least some kinds of non-human animals have moral rights because they are the "subjects-of-a-life", and that these rights adhere to them whether or not they are recognized.[1] The work is considered an important text within animal rights theory.[2]