**AFFIRMATIVE ARGUMENTS** 9
**Animal Rights Not Respected Now** 10
Federal Government Violates Animal Rights 11
Animal Exploitation & Confinement Extensive Now 12
Species Barrier Blocks Recognition of Animal Rights Now 13
Species Barrier Blocks Recognition of Animal Rights Now 14
Characterization of Animals as “Property” Blocks Recognition of Rights 15
Characterization of Animals as “Property” Blocks Recognition of Rights 16
Courts Refuse to Extend Recognition of Rights to Animals 18
Court Refusal to Extend Rights Irrational and Arbitrary 19
**Failure to Recognize Animal Rights Harmful** 20
All Sentient Beings Should be Accorded Consideration in Moral Frameworks 21
All Sentient Beings Should be Accorded Consideration in Moral Frameworks 22
All Sentient Beings Should be Accorded Consideration in Moral Frameworks 23
Non-Human Animals Should Be Accorded Equal Consideration in Moral Frameworks 24
Infliction of Pain & Suffering on Animals Immoral 25
Adherence to Species Barrier Entrenches Speciesism 26
Speciesism Immoral – Akin to Racism and Sexism 27
Speciesism Immoral – Akin to Racism and Sexism 28
Speciesism Immoral – Akin to Racism and Sexism 29
Confinement of Animals in Zoos/Circuses Immoral 30
Failure to Recognize Animal Rights Violates Justice 31
Viewing Animals as Property Negatively Impacts How People Treat Each Other 32
Viewing Animals as Property Negatively Impacts How People Treat Each Other 33
**Should Recognize Rights for Animals** 34
Moral Framework Should be Extended to Animals 35
Moral Framework Should be Extended to Animals 36
Moral Framework Should be Extended to Animals 37
Cruelty Towards and the Infliction of Suffering Upon Animals Must be Rejected 38
Respect for Animals Rights is a Deontological Moral Consideration 39
Respect for Animals Rights is a Deontological Moral Consideration 40
Animal Rights Justified by Bentham 41
Consequentialism Bad 42
Consequentialism Bad 43
Respect for Animal Rights Key to Avoiding Treating Them as a Means to an End 44
Respect for Animal Rights Justified in Consequentialist Framework 45
Respect for Animal Rights Justified by Precautionary Principle 46
Duty Toward Animals in Captivity Different from Those in the Wild 47
Justifications for Rigid Species Barrier Wrong 48
Justifications for Rigid Species Barrier Wrong 49
Ethical Justifications Against Animal Rights Wrong and Outdated 50
Ethical Justifications Against Animal Rights Wrong and Outdated 51
Ethical Justifications Against Animal Rights Wrong and Outdated 52
Descartes Indicts 53
Cohen Indicts 54
Posner Indicts 55
Posner Indicts 56
Should Extend Legal Personhood to Animals 57
Should Recognize Animal Rights 58
Should Recognize Animal Rights 59
Should Reject Property Status of Animals 60
Should Reject Property Status of Animals 62
Incremental Extension of Rights Key to Solve Speciesism 63
Should Reject Property Status of Animals 64
Respect for Animal Rights Challenges Biopower 65
AT: “Can Achieve Justice Short of Recognition of Rights” 66
AT: “Focus on Animal Welfare Enough—Don’t Need Rights” 67
AT: “Focus on Animal Welfare Enough—Don’t Need Rights” 68
AT: “Focus on Animal Welfare Enough—Don’t Need Rights” 69
**Answer To: Animals Do Not Deserve Rights** 71
AT: “Differences Between Humans and Animals Justify Restricting Animal Rights” 72
AT: “Differences Between Humans and Animals Justify Restricting Animal Rights” 73
AT: “Animals Lack Rationality” 75
AT: “Animals Lack Rationality” 76
AT: “Animals Lack Intelligence & Self Awareness” 77
AT: “Animals Lack Rationality” 78
AT: “Animals Lack Capacity for Moral Reasoning” 80
AT: “Animals Lack Capacity for Moral Reasoning” 81
AT: “Humans Possess Intrinsic Value that Distinguish Them From Animals” 82
AT: “All Humans Have Potential for Autonomy and Reasoning” 83
AT: “All Humans Have Potential for Autonomy and Reasoning” 84
AT: “Animals Do Not Have Souls” 85
AT: “Rights Require Capacity to Enter into Contracts” 86
AT: “Animals Can’t Demand Their Own Rights” 87
AT: “Animals Lack Level of Sentience Sufficient for Ethical Concern” 88
AT: “Animals Lack Empathy” 89
**Answer To: Problems with Recognizing Animal Rights** 90
Animal Rights Can Be Recognized in Pragmatic Manner 91
Slavery Abolition Proves Obstacles to Animal Liberation can be Overcome 92
Representations Key 93
AT: “If You Don’t Solve All Animal Exploitation There’s No Advantage” 94
AT: “Animal Rights Threatens Interests of Humans” 95
AT: “Animal Rights Threatens Interests of Humans” 96
AT: “Animal Rights Dilute Human Rights” 97
AT: “Animal Rights Dilute Human Rights” 98
AT: “Recognizing Rights Results Absurd Results” 99
AT: “Recognizing Rights Results Absurd Results” 100
AT: “Rights Talk Bad – No Trivialization” 101
AT: “Rights Talk Bad – No Trivialization” 102
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Rights Talk Good for Animals 103
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Rights Talk Good for Animals 104
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Rights Talk Good for Animals 105
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Solves Rights Kritiks 106
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Solves Rights Kritiks 107
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Animal Rights Talk Increases Meaning of Rights 108
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” - Permutation 109
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” - Permutation 110
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” - Permutation 111
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Alternatives Bad 112
AT: “Rights Talk Bad” – Alternatives Bad 113
AT: “CLS Kritik of Rights” – Animal Rights Solve the K 114
AT: “CLS Kritik of Rights” – Animal Rights Solve the K 115
AT: “CLS Kritik of Rights” – Indeterminacy Good 116
AT: “CLS Kritik of Rights” – Indeterminacy Good 117
AT: “CLS Kritik of Rights” – General 118
AT: “Feminist Kritik of Rights” 119
AT: “Feminist Kritik of Rights” 120
AT: “Feminist Kritik of Rights” 120
AT: “Feminist Kritik of Rights” 122
AT: Feminist Kritik of Rights 123
AT: “Human Suffering Higher Priority” 124
AT: “Animal Rights Prop up Capitalism” 125
AT: “Animal Rights Prop up Capitalism” 126
AT: “Animal Rights Prop up Capitalism” 127
AT: “Animal Rights Trade Off With Necessary Biomedical Research” 128
AT: “Animal Rights Trade Off With Necessary Biomedical Research” 129
AT: “Animal Rights Trade Off With Necessary Biomedical Research” 130
AT: “Animal Rights Trade Off With Necessary Biomedical Research” 131
AT: “Animal Rights Trade Off With Necessary Biomedical Research” 132
AT: “Animal Testing Necessary” 133
AT: “Animal Testing Necessary” 134
AT: “Animal Rights Justifies Naziism” 135
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals – Undermines Movements/Advocacy” 136
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals – Undermines Movements/Advocacy” 137
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals – Undermines Movements/Advocacy” 138
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals- Trades Off With Species Protection” 139
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals- Trades Off With Species Protection” 140
AT: “Animal Rights Counterproductive for Animals- Trades Off With Species Protection” 141
AT: “Zoos Key to Species Protection” 142
AT: “Zoos Key to Species Protection” 143
AT: “Zoos Key to Research for Animal Welfare” 144
AT: “Zoos Key to Research for Animal Welfare” 146
AT: “Kritik of the Term ‘Animal’” 147
**Great Apes Project Aff** 148
Great Apes Denied Basic Liberty Rights Now 149
Exploitation of Great Apes Constitutes Genocide 150
Confinement for Great Apes Harmful 151
Confinement for Great Apes Harmful
152
Confinement for Great Apes Harmful 153
Zoo Confinement for Great Apes Immoral 154
Zoo Confinement for Great Apes Immoral 155
Failure to Extend Liberty Rights to Great Apes Threatens Future Existence 156
Denial of Basic Liberty Rights for Great Apes Immoral 157
Denial of Basic Liberty Rights for Great Apes Immoral 158
Denial of Basic Liberty Rights for Great Apes Immoral 159
Legal “Personhood” Key to According Apes Rights 160
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Challenging War, Genocide and Slavery 161
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Challenging War, Genocide and Slavery 162
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 163
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 164
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 165
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 166
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 167
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 168
Respecting Liberty Rights of Great Apes Key to Breaking the Species Barrier 169
Incremental Steps Key to Solve Speciesism 170
AT: “Great Ape Project is Speciest” 171
AT: “Great Ape Project is Speciest” 172
AT: “Great Ape Project is Speciest” 173
Should Extend Legal Protections/Rights to Great Apes 174
Should Extend Due Process Protections of Liberty to Apes 175
No Justification for Differential Treatment Among Great Apes 176
Apes Meet Requirements for Legal Personhood 177
Apes Meet Requirements for Legal Personhood 178
Apes Have Intelligence & Self Awareness 179
Apes Capable of Moral Reasoning 180
Apes Capable of Communication/Language 181
Apes and Humans Share DNA 182
Apes and Humans Have Similar Brain Function 183
Apes Have Culture 184
AT: “Public Opposes Extension of Rights to Apes” 185
AT: “Extension of Rights Meaningless- Courts Won’t Enforce Them” 186
AT: “Extension of Rights to Apes Creates Practical Difficulties” 187
AT: “No Place to Send Liberated Apes” 188
AT: “Extending Rights to Apes Kills AIDS Research” 189
AT: “Extending Rights to Apes Kills AIDS Research 190
AT: “Extending Rights to Apes Kills AIDS Research” 191
AT: “Extending Rights to Apes Kills AIDS Research” 192
**Factory Farm Aff** 193
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 194
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 195
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 196
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 198
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 199
Farm Animals Subject to Abuse and Exploitation Now 200
Factory Farm Abuse Immoral/Unethical 201
Factory Farms Result of Speciesism 202
AT: “Confinement More Humane/Better for Animal Welfare” 203
Abuse of Farm Animals Threatens Human Survival 204
Abuse of Farm Animals Threatens Human Survival 205
Abuse of Farm Animals Threatens Food Safety 206
Abuse of Farm Animals Increases Disease Risk 207
Abuse of Farm Animals Increases Disease Risk 208
Abuse of Farm Animals Undermines Sustainable Agriculture 209
Should Recognize Rights of Farm Animals 210
Kantian Ethics Requires Treating Farm Animals with Respect 211
What We Eat is an Inherently Ethical and Moral Act 212
AT: “Rights Discourse Bad for Improving Animal Welfare” 213
AT: “Impractical to Change Animal Agricultural Practices” 214
AT: “Impractical to Change Animal Agricultural Practices” 215
AT: “Reduced Suffering Would Require Everyone to Become Vegetarian” 216
AT: “Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Approaches Trade-Off” 217
AT: “Animal Rights and Animal Welfare Approaches Trade-Off” 218
AT: “Improving Conditions for Farm Animals Trades Off with Trend Toward Vegetarianism” 219
**NEGATIVE ARGUMENTS** 220
**Animals Don’t Need Expanded Rights** 221
Captivity Doesn’t Threaten Animal Interests 222
Zoos Good 223
Zoos Good 224
**Should Not Recognize Animal Rights** 225
No Moral Obligation to Animals 226
No Moral Obligation to Animals
227
No Moral Obligation to Animals 228
No Moral Obligation to Animals: Wild Animals 230
Animal Rights are Immoral 231
Treating Animals Differently Not Akin to Racism and/or Sexism 232
Animal Rights are Immoral 233
Treating Animals Differently Justified 234
Human Needs and Suffering Outweigh Animals Interests 235
Sentience Not A Good Standard for Rights 236
Arguments Supporting Human Dignity Not Speciest 237
Animal Rights Unnecessary: Can Meet Moral Obligations Without Rights 238
Should Protect Animal Interests Without Granting Animal Rights 239
Animal Rights Unnecessary: Can Meet Moral Obligations Without Rights 240
Animal Rights Unnecessary: Can Meet Moral Obligations Without Rights 241
Pragmatism Doesn’t Require Endorsement of Animal Rights 242
Singer’s Utilitarian Justification Flawed 243
Singer’s Utilitarian Justification Flawed 244
Singer’s Utilitarian Justification Flawed 246
**Animals Do Not Deserve Rights** 247
Animals Lack Moral Agency Necessary for Rights 248
Animals Lack Ability to Participate in Asking for Rights 249
Rights Demands Responsibilities 250
Sentience Insufficient to Necessitate Rights 251
Sentience Insufficient to Necessitate Rights 252
Cognitive Capacity Does Not Necessitate Rights Extension 253
Cognitive Capacity Does Not Necessitate Rights Extension 254
Cognitive Capacity Bad Justification for Rights 255
Genetic Similarity Does not Necessitate Rights 256
**Problems with Recognizing Animal Rights” 257
Animal Rights System Threatens Global Extinction 258
Animal Rights Focus Trades Off with Efforts to Improve Animal Welfare 259
Animal Rights Focus Undermines Environmental Movements 260
Animal Rights Focus Undermines Environmental Movements 261
Animal Rights Focus Undermines Environmental Movements 262
Animal Rights Focus Undermines Environmental Movements 263
Animal Rights Focus Undermines Environmental Movements 264
Animal Rights Focus Trades Off With Ecosystem Protection 265
Animal Rights Focus Conflicts with Protecting Endangered Species 266
Animal Rights Focus Conflicts with Protecting Endangered Species 267
Animal Rights Focus Conflicts with Protecting Endangered Species 268
Asserting Moral Duty to Individual Animals Undermines Moral Obligation to Animal Species 269
Asserting Moral Duty to Individual Animals Undermines Moral Obligation to Animal Species 270
Animal Rights Expansion Devalues Humans 271
Animal Rights Expansion Devalues Humans 272
Animal Rights Kills AIDS Vaccine - Shell 273
AIDS Research DA – Link Extensions – Apes Key 274
AIDS Research DA – Link Extensions – Apes Key 275
AIDS Research DA – Animal Research Key 277
AIDS Research DA – Vaccine Key to Prevent Pandemic 278
AIDS Research DA – Global Destruction Impact 279
AIDS Research DA – Racism Impacts 280
Animal Rights Kills Ebola Research – Shell 281
Ebola Research DA – Links – Apes Key 282
Animal Rights Flawed – CLS Kritik 283
Animal Rights Flawed – CLS Kritik 284
Animal Rights Flawed – CLS Kritik 285
Animal Rights Flawed – CLS Kritik 286
Animal Rights Focus Bad – Entrenches Capitalism 287
Animal Rights Discourse Bad – Biopower 288
Animal Rights Bad – Feminist Kritik of Rights Discourse 289
Animal Rights Bad – Feminist Kritik of Rights Discourse 290
Animal Rights Bad – Feminist Kritik of Rights Discourse 291
Animal Rights Paradigm Counterproductive – Entrenches Speciesism 292
Animal Rights Discourse Bad – Entrenches Anthropocentrism 294
Animal Rights Discourse Bad – Entrenches Anthropocentrism 295
Animal Rights Focus Promotes Romanticism 296
Animal Rights Focus Promotes Romanticism 297
Animal Rights Focus Promotes Romanticism 298
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Counterproductive 299
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Counterproductive 300
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Counterproductive 301
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Counterproductive 302
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Increases Animal Research 303
Grounding Animal Rights in Human Similarity Bad – AT Perm 304
Animal Rights Entrenches the Logic of Nazism 305
Animal Rights Entrenches the Logic of Nazism 306
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Ethical Arguments Insufficient to Change Attitudes 307
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Rights Can’t Pierce Anthropocentrism 308
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Ineffective Strategy for Social Change 309
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Focus on Rights Undermines Success of Movements 310
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Focus on Rights Undermines Success of Movements 311
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Will Never Gain Acceptance by Public or Leaders 312
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Will Never Gain Acceptance by Public or Leaders 313
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Systemic Bias Proves Inadequacy of Rights 314
Animal Rights Strategy Fails – Non-Rights Discourse More Effective 315
Animal Rights System Creates Problems 316
Animal Rights System Creates Problems 317
**Great Ape Project Neg** 318
Apes Differ from Humans in Moral Codes 319
Recognizing Moral Agency of Apes Excludes Other Animals 320
Genetic Similarity to Other Apes Insufficient to Justify Rights Extension 321
Genetic Similarity to Other Apes Insufficient to Justify Rights Extension 322
Incremental Extension of Rights Fails 323
Incremental Extension of Rights Fails 324
Singling Out Apes for Protection Speciesist 325
Singling Out Apes for Protection Speciesist 326
Singling Out Apes for Protection Speciesist 327
Singling Out Apes for Protection Speciesist 328
Singling Out Apes for Protection Speciesist 329
Extension of Rights Not Necessary to Admit Apes to Moral Community 330
Extension of Rights Fails to Treat Apes as Members of the Community of Equals 331
Releasing Apes from Confinement Counterproductive to Their Welfare 332
**Factory Farm Neg** 333
Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Increasing 334
Factory Farms More Humane than Alternatives 335
“Animal Rights” Discourse Counterproductive to Improving Farm Animal Welfare 336
“Animal Rights” Discourse Counterproductive to Improving Farm Animal Welfare 337
Welfare Regulations Sufficient to Solve 338
Welfare Regulations Sufficient to Solve 339
Welfare Regulations Sufficient to Solve 340
Welfare Regulations Sufficient to Solve 341
Alternatives to Factory Farming Not Feasible 343
Focus on Improving Farm Animal Treatment Undermines Shift to Vegetarianism 344
Dismantlement Movement Best Approach 345
Dismantlement Movement Best Approach 346
Dismantlement Movement Best Approach 347
**Vegan Negative** 348
Veganism Counterproductive 349
Veganism Counterproductive 350
Veganism Counterproductive 351
Veganism Denigrates Non-Western Cultures 352
Veganism Counterproductive 353
Must Acknowledge and Affirm the Place of Humans and Other Animals in the Food Chain 354