Our moral common sense suggests that accidentally running over a man with our car is morally worse than doing the same to a rabbit. Tom Regan would

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Tom Regan, a prominent advocate for animal rights, argues that animals have inherent value similar to human beings and thus possess rights. According to Regan, the moral wrongness of harming an animal is comparable to harming a human because both are subjects-of-a-life, meaning they have similar inherent value and rights. Therefore, he would disagree with the common sense view that suggests a moral hierarchy between humans and animals based on species alone.

Our Moral Common Sense Suggests That Accidentally Running Over a Man