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using aggressive tactics - from batons to horse charges to kettling

In arguing that criminalization is unjust

wondering whether they would be arrested by daybreak

Pointing to a consensus among historians and human rights organizations on the factual record

Over the last quarter-century

Natural Relations keyword-culture-wars using aggressive tactics - fromIn this challenging book, Ted Benton takes recent debates about the moral status of animals as a basis for reviewing the discourse of human rights. Liberal individualist views of human rights and advocates of animal rights tend to think of individuals, whether human or animals, in isolation from their social position. This makes them vulnerable to criticisms from the left which emphasize the importance of social relationships to individual well being.