: Focuses on minimizing pain and maximizing pleasure.

Many scientists and farmers argue rights absolutism is unrealistic for 8 billion humans. Even vegan agriculture kills animals via combine harvesters, pesticides, and habitat destruction. Furthermore, rights advocates often clash on edge cases: Do mice have the same right to life as chimpanzees? What about invasive species like cane toads?

Animal rights is a philosophical movement arguing that animals have independent of their utility to humans. It seeks to end exploitation rather than just making it more comfortable.