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Maynard, can you explain this further. Basically I'm not sure what you meant by "Enlightenment tradition." Or "personal rights." Is this different from "personal liberties"? I ask that because some of the "personal liberty" Web pages are violently opposed to animal "rights." sb -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Maynard S. Clark Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Enviroethics and animal rights? Animal RIGHTS people are coming from the Enlightenment tradition of personal RIGHTS. PERIOD At 07:29 AM 2/29/00 -0500, VeggieBiggs wrote: >I think the animal rights community as a whole is evenly divided >over this issue, partly because many are coming from animal welfare, (dog and >cat lovers), rather than from the environmental movement as I did. I would >sacrifice one whale, one gorilla, one dog and even one human being to save an >ecosystem. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%