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Animal-machine teaching weakens claims of animal standing; stored as a rights-harm twin of the humanitarian animal-machine row, not a second treatise

Animal-machine teaching weakens claims of animal standing. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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Animal-machine teaching weakens claims of animal standing. René Descartes's documented role is: The same texts that mechanise animals reduce their standing. Sign lives on the rights path here.

Context

Sharing anatomists is required. Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Humanitarian versus rights paths.

Why it matters

The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • René Descartes

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    The same texts that mechanise animals reduce their standing. Sign lives on the rights path here.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactAnimal-machine teaching weakens claims of animal standing; stored as a rights-harm twin of the humanitarian animal-machine row, not a second treatise
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 June 1649 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, life neighbourhoodInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Dutch yearsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals neighbourhood at https://iep.utm.edu/descarte/ (opens in a new tab) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals neighbourhood (https://iep.utm.edu/descarte/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, animals (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1649-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorRené Descartes
  2. contributed toFactAnimal-machine teaching weakens claims of animal standing; stored as a rights-harm twin of the humanitarian animal-machine row, not a second treatise
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Des Rights Animals. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-rights-animals

https://factrail.ai/facts/des-rights-animals

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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