... outdated when compared to modern science. There are already several laws that prevent animal cruelty and promote animal welfare, such as the Animal Welfare Act of 1966.  In the United States, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) appears to set certain minimum requirements for the humane treatment of non-human animals in laboratories and other settings, but in fact is "very ineffective," as ... majority of first world countries that have indoctrinated some form of human rights. In 2002, Germany became the first European nation to vote to guarantee animal rights in its constitution, including ...

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... or tradition. Hobbes's pragmatic view of government, which stressed the equality of individuals, opened the way to free criticism of government and the right to revolution, ideas that Hobbes himself opposed. An influential early liberal was the English philosopher John Locke. In his political writings, which deeply influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution, he argued for popular sovereignty, the right of rebellion against oppression, and toleration of religious ... constitutionalism, wider suffrage, toleration of dissent, absence of arbitrariness, and policies designed to promote ...

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