":Hi Maunus, I'm not following your argument. The lead deals with the difference between AR and AW. It's not true that AR only embraces a deontological view; it embraces utilitarianism too, and indeed several of its major advocates come from that position, as the article explains in this section. The idea of awarding personhood to animals is a standard AR position. The lead is sourced to Angus Taylor, an academic philosopher, but it's a bog standard view of AR, not at all idiosyncratic, so it could be sourced to any number of academics working in the area.    

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