Gary L. Francione Quotes

A collection of quotes by Gary L. Francione.

Gary L. Francione is an American legal scholar, author, and professor known for his pioneering work in the field of animal rights. Born on May 31, 1954, in the United States, Francione has dedicated his career to advocating for the legal and ethical rights of animals.

He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and later pursued a Master of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Francione has served as a professor of law and philosophy at Rutgers School of Law in New Jersey for several years.

Francione is widely recognized as an influential figure in the animal rights movement. He is known for his theory of animal rights abolitionism, which maintains that humans have a moral obligation to grant animals equal consideration of their interests and abolish the property status of animals altogether.

Throughout his career, Francione has authored numerous books, including "Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?", "Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation," and "The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?". He co-authored some of his works with his former student and colleague Anna Charlton.

As an advocate for animal rights, Francione has contributed significantly to shaping the discourse surrounding the ethical treatment of animals. His work has been influential in fostering a greater awareness and understanding of the exploitation of animals in various industries, such as factory farming and laboratory testing.

We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguish

We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguishable from dairy. To the extent it is morally wrong to eat flesh, it is as morally wrong and possibly more morally wrong to consume dairy

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Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encoura

Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan

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Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism,

Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.

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There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.

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