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Animal Rights Party[?]

This page contains information about the Animal Rights Party.

This party is inactive.

Details

User[?]: Lyttleton Barry

Nation[?]: Veliko Carstvo Deltarije (Deltaria)

Seats[?] in Kongres Poslanika/Congresul Deputaților (Congress of Deputies)[?]: 0

Color[?]:

 

Description[?]:

Life on Earth manifests itself in many forms. The sheer number of animal species alone adds up to more than a million. Every organism attempts to preserve itself optimally, even if this is at the expense of other life forms. Species may be in competition with each other, or find themselves in a hunter-prey relationship. Together all forms of life are part of a global ecosystem, which is in a natural dynamic equilibrium. This means that life on Earth is not a peaceful paradise, but instead a permanent struggle in which all parties involved cause suffering to others, even to the death.

Humans are part of the Earth’s ecosystem, but – as a result of our species’ mental and physical development and the tool and technology based culture that derives from it – they are capable of looking after their own interests at the expense of other beings more intensively and at a grander scale than any other living creature. However, the very same mental development also gives Homosapiens the freedom to not inflict unnecessary suffering and damage on other organisms as well as members of its own species both today and in the future. This respect for the physical and mental integrity of all life on Earth provides the basis for a more peaceful way for humans to interact with each other, animals and nature in general.

This respect for life is still insufficiently developed in humans. This has led to and still continues to lead to a great coarseness and carelessness in human behavior. As a consequence, natural areas such as the tropical rain forests are disappearing rapidly, animal species are becoming extinct and the global ecosystem has become heavily overburdened and disrupted. It is not just on land that this is happening. Large portions of the world's seas, oceans and major inland lakes are being destroyed as habitats and resources by overfishing and pollution.


It is morally unacceptable for human beings to exploit nature so intensively that the living conditions on Earth dramatically change and the biological and chemical environments of humans and other life forms decline, deteriorate or even disappear entirely. Future generations will be even more greatly confronted with the consequences thereof than the present generation. This is why it is crucial for humans to impose significant ecological restrictions on themselves. These should be directed at decreasing the use of space, raw materials, energy, plants and animals.

Not only is it morally unacceptable for humans to engage in the behavior cited above, it is inevitably suicidal. Economic activities and cultural behavior that consume resources that are not replaceable, like water, oil, coal and minerals in general, or destroy ecosystems that support both animal and human life in a given area will ultimately destroy all human life in that area. This is the issue of sustainability that is generally ignored by political and economic leaders and the general public, especially in developed countries which have the knowledge, technology and wealth to solve this existential problem. It is inescapable that if our current world economic system is not sustainable, at some point it will cease to function by self destructing.


The goal of reducing consumption of natural resources by self imposed restraints is elaborated on in the Earth Charter, which stems from a United Nations initiative in 1987 (United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development: www.earthcharter.org) and is used as the point of departure for various nature and environmental organizations. In this charter, the protection of the ‘viability, diversity and beauty’ of the Earth is viewed as a ‘sacred trust’ for humanity. Article 15 formulates respect and compassion in interaction with animals as a separate goal. Cruelty to animals kept by humans should be prevented and hunting and fishing methods that ‘cause extreme, prolonged, or avoidable suffering’ should be banned. This charter is strongly focused on the sustainable use of nature by humans. While it is true that life forms other than humans are accorded their own inherent value and respect, and compassion in interactions with animals is prescribed, the Earth Charter does not lay down any explicit restrictions with regard to the use of animals.

After two centuries of animal protection it is high time that far-reaching restrictions are imposed on the use of animals. All too frequently animals are still regarded as objects, which are always subordinate to human interests and may also be used for all those interests. Even if it takes place in a sustainable fashion, the exploitation of animals and their natural environment has unavoidably negative consequences for the animals and almost always ends with their demise. Each kind of interaction with and use of animals should, therefore, be continually subject to a careful weighing-up of the gravity of human interests and the consequences for the animal. The moral justification for compromising their welfare decreases as human interests become less imperative and the consequences for the animal more damaging.

With this approach, the use of animals for non-essential human interests can be reduced and precluded altogether. It is evident that this applies to the production of fur, circuses, bull-fighting, angling and other animal-unfriendly forms of entertainment that involve animals. Religious and cultural traditions that compromise animal welfare should also be modernized in this regard. Indeed, traditions are not unchangeable phenomena, but may be adapted over the course of time in relation to new attitudes and moral norms as they have always have been in the past.

There should also always be an ethical assessment of the different interests of humans and animals with respect to the use of laboratory animals and animals bred for human consumption. Due attention should also be devoted to the use of alternatives to animal testing and animal produce in this regard. The development and application of these alternatives can, therefore, also be regarded as an ethical necessity for humankind.


Finally, a careful, loving interaction with nature and animals also means that people should show respect for the physical and mental integrity of animals in the very broadest sense. The Universal Declaration for Human Rights (1948) offers the most appropriate point of departure for this. This declaration lays down the conditions under which human beings can live and develop themselves in freedom and without repression. Humans must, however, pay heed to their fellow creatures. The Universal Declaration for Human Rights together with the Earth Charter provide a practical starting point for the way in which people should interact with their fellow humans, animals and nature.

Ministries

This party is not part of the national cabinet.

Political Positions

IdeologyPositionVisibilityCoherency
Centralizationunitarist-leaningexcellentperfect
Civil Rightsrestrictive-leaningexcellentperfect
Ecologyskeptic-leaninglimitedperfect
Foreign Relationsconvinced internationalistlimitedperfect
Government Responsibilitiessmall government-leaningexcellentperfect
Marketregulator-leaningexcellentperfect
Militaryextreme militaristclose to noneperfect
Moralitymoderate conservativeexcellentperfect
Religionmoderate religiousexcellentperfect

Affiliations

This party is a member of the following organizations:

Election Results

History Table

MonthVotesTotal VotesVotes (%)Votes (%) (+)SeatsTotal SeatsSeats (%)Seats (+)
August 320052,91658,861,6290.09+0.0903720.00+0
August 320414,283,31159,764,38523.90+23.818837223.66+88
August 32088,562,01664,547,99313.26-10.635037213.44-38

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Election History

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Election History

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Election History

Legislation

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Legislative Agenda

This party has to vote on the following bills:

Voting Record

This is the voting[?] record of the Animal Rights Party.

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BillCreatedVoting startedVoteBill StatusResult
Withdrawal from the MSCOFebruary 5461February 5461voting
DDU - Small State ActJuly 5459July 5459passed
DDU - State Defense ActFebruary 5459February 5459passed
DDU - Civil Liberty ActJanuary 5459January 5459defeated
DDU - National Housing ReformJanuary 5459January 5459passed
Ratification of the Lourenne-Deltarian Treaty on Trade and Friendship (LDTTF)November 5458November 5458passed
Cabinet Proposal of August 5458August 5458August 5458passed
PBO 07: Introduction Novo DruštvoFebruary 5457February 5457defeated
PBO 06: Environmental PoliciesFebruary 5457February 5457passed
Income tax proposal of February 5456February 5456February 5456passed
Budget proposal of February 5456February 5456February 5456passed
Government Program 19: AtheismFebruary 5456February 5456passed
Government Program 18: Border ControlFebruary 5456February 5456passed
Government Program 17: Gender IdentityFebruary 5456February 5456passed
Government Program 16: Flag Desecration LawJuly 5455July 5455passed
Government Program 15: Population IncreaseJuly 5455July 5455passed
Government Program 14: Public LibrariesJuly 5455July 5455passed
Government Program 13: Corporal Punishment in SchoolsNovember 5454November 5454passed
Government Program 12: Death Penalty for AtrocitiesJuly 5454July 5454passed
Government Program 11: Public HousingJune 5454June 5454defeated

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