# argument from marginal cases

> philosophical argument for animal rights stating that, since human marginal cases (infants, the senile, the comatose, and the cognitively disabled) have direct moral status, so do animals

**Wikidata**: [Q651439](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651439)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_marginal_cases)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/argument-from-marginal-cases


## References

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