| Feature | Animal Welfare | Animal Rights | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Reduce suffering, improve conditions | End all use and exploitation | | Philosophy | Utilitarian (Bentham/Singer) | Deontological (Regan/Francione) | | View on Zoos | Good zoos with large, enriched enclosures | Inherently wrong (captivity is imprisonment) | | View on Meat | Humane slaughter, free-range, grass-fed | Veganism/Vegetarianism as moral baseline | | Legal Status | Animals as property, but with anti-cruelty laws | Animals as legal "persons" |
The moral philosopher Peter Singer coined the term "The Expanding Circle." He noted that human ethics has slowly expanded from the tribe, to the nation, to all races, to both sexes, and now, logically, to other species.