Animal Abolitionism: Challenging Traditional Animal Welfare Approaches

The podcast episode explores the concept of animal abolitionism, a view that challenges the animal welfare approach. The traditional animal welfare approach focuses on using animals in a humane way, assuming that animals don't have an interest in continuing to live. In contrast, the abolitionist approach argues that all animal use can't be justified, and humane treatment is impossible. The abolitionist view highlights that unnecessary suffering inflicted on animals for reasons of pleasure or convenience is morally unjustifiable. This approach calls for veganism and suggests that cognitive characteristics should not determine an animal's worth as a resource.