Examining the rights of animals under three headings, the physical, the psychical and the ethical kinship between human and subhuman, the author argues from the scientific premise that the physical basis of the humane philosophy rests on the biological fact that kinship is universal.
John Howard Moore was an American zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist. He authored several articles, books, essays and pamphlets on ethics, vegetarianism, humanitarianism and education.