>>4182604Animals, not belonging to the human species, do not have natural rights of agency (rights to vote, acquire property, enter contract). Sentient animals do possess a negative natural right which protects them from gratuitous violence. A cow killed quickly and humanly for the slaughterhouse is ethically acceptable. Videos of cats being burned alive for the sadistic pleasure of the video's creator and his audience is ethically unacceptable and therefore subject to legal prosecution.
>>4182629Causal Theory of Parental Responsibility remedies Rothbard's logical failing here.