What does it mean to be an ‘experiencing subject of a life’?

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Tom Regan says that we all have equal inherent value by virtue of being ‘experiencing subjects of a life’. What does it mean to be an ‘experiencing subject of a life’? Do you think that being the subject of a life means that one has equal inherent value? Does it follow from that view that animals should be given rights to life and freedom?

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Experiencing subject of a life means that one is  a conscious creature having an individual welfare that has importance to all.

Do you think that being the subject of a life means that one has equal inherent value?
Yes it means that one has equal inherent value.

Does it follow from that view that animals should be given rights to life and freedom?

It is based on the view that animals have a right to life and freedom though they are not able to express themselves or speak up

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