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Justifying Animal Rights
In this society, it is under law for all people have the basic rights under the universal declaration of human rights. As stated, this only benefits humans, where humans rule the world. So where does the rights of animals come from? Many people do not understand animal rights and how we should treat them equally and why. Through animal research and experimentations, humans are getting benefit and gains in the obscene inhumane ways; the poor animals are suffering through pain and distress, even though they have moral status and rights.
A right is a particular way of protecting interests, to say that an interest is protected by a right, is to say that
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science always made a breakthrough just in time. The Animal Rights Movement has often gone hand in hand with racial protests trying to insinuate that treating animals differently as racist and unethical and supported most Racial Equality movements.
Important issues in the Animal Rights Movement include: Animal Research, Vivisection, Treatment in Food Facilities, and Animal Cruelty. The movement has had many successes but also many failures However through it all they continue to pursue Animal Rights. The movement is worldwide and always growing, but its support wavers as extremists and terrorists use them to their advantage and as such America holds most issue with it. America has had many
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Animal rights, also referred to as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings.[3] Advocates approach the issue from different philosophical positions, but agree that animals should be viewed as non-human persons and members of the moral community, and should not be used as food, clothing, research subjects, or entertainment.[2] They argue that human beings should stop seeing other sentient beings as property-not even as property to be treated kindly.[4]The idea of awarding rights to animals has the support of legal scholars such as Alan Dershowitz and Laurence Tribe of
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As Doctor Zola-Morgan stated in a speech to animal right activists, "I've seen the impact of the animal rights movement. I believe this is an attack on science of the worst kind. If we allow it to prevail it will take us back to the dark ages." Too much of the public has come to think of medical researchers as "tormenters rather than healers." The good is overlooked and the bad is exploited. Although many people think that animal research is morally wrong, animal research should continue because it is critical to continued progress in human health and alternatives to research animals are not available.Animal rights activists feel that animal research is immoral. They do not see where we as
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animal suffering is wrong. 2 sources I will be using for my research are “The Fight for Animal Rights” by Jamie Aronson, an article that presents an argument in favour of animal rights. It also discusses the counter argument – opponents of animal rights argue that animals have less value than humans, and as a result, are undeserving of rights. Also I will be using “Animal Liberation” by Peter Singer. This book shows many aspects; that all animals are equal is the first argument or why the ethical principle on which human equality rests requires us to extend equal consideration to animals too.
The biocentric worldview, which is life centered, focuses on the importance of all living things and
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A pretty good essay No commentsChris MorraEn-105-03Animal RightsIn Brigid Brophy's essay, The Rights of Animals, there are some statements that I agree with and some that I don't. Unlike Brigid Brophy, I am not a vegetarian, nor would I ever become one, but I do believe that animals have certain rights.I feel that there is nothing wrong with killing an animal for food. Animals have been killing each other for food in order to survive since dinosaurs roamed the earth. Human beings, as we all know, are also animals. So how is it wrong for a person to kill an animal for food?Many vegetarians and animal activists contradict themselves by trying to protect an animal from being killed for food
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According to Tom Regan’s Kantian Account, “There are no degrees of moral standing” (Waller, 2011). Animals and humans are equal. Just because a human is smarter than an animal does not give it any more rights than the animal. Utilitarianism casts a wide moral net: all who are capable of feeling pleasure or pain must be counted in our moral decision making (Waller, 2011). Animals should have rights such as humans do even though they may not be as smart as we are, they should still be treated with dignity because they still feel pain.
This is animal vs. human. To put this in perspective I am going to use the example of a human who has done a horrible crime, something one could call
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given the same rights as humans, they’re would be no more eating meat everyone would have to become vegetarians and hunting would be banned. Whether or not you’re testing on animals or humans the product, vaccine, whatever it maybe has to be tested in order for it to be released to the public. Animal testing is not this cruel, inhumane produce the media likes to portray, there’s rules and guidelines that have to followed. Although there are biomedical research it still can’t not replace animal testing all together.
About 26 million animals are researched on every year in the US for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of
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Animal Rights
Ever since The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in
England in 1824 was formed there has been long running debates on the topic of
animal rights. The first societies were formed to protect and maintain human
treatment of work animals, such as cattle, horses and house hold pets. Towards
the end of the 19th century more organizations were formed, this time to protest
the use of animals in scientific experimentation. In today’s society groups
such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have continued these
traditional fights as well as adding new agendas. These new agendas include
hunting and fishing, and dissection
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Animal Rights
"Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife--birds, kangaroos, deer,
all kinds of cats, coyotes, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes--by the million
in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic
animals by the billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the million,
because eating all those animals leads to degenerative--and fatal--health
conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures
and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere,
millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition
because food they could eat
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Animal Rights
The 20th century has had more medical breakthroughs than any other hundred years in history. But there is a price. No significant discovery in this time has occurred without the use of animals in biological research experiments. Heart surgery, polio, osteoporosis, diabetes, AIDS, and cancer have all had significant breakthroughs thanks to these experiments(McCarty 15).
The use of animals in today’s world is highly controversial. Our society eats animals and their products, wears them, uses them for entertainment, and kills some species, such as rats and mice for being a nuisance. In a society which uses animals in all these different ways, it is ethical to use
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to protect innocent country folk from terrorism, drug trafficking, and infectious products, groups such as PETA are trying to protect the innocent animals who are merely trying to survive in a hectic and sometimes cruel world that human's seem to believe they run. Without help from these organized groups (custom or animal rights groups) the outcome of the acts performed by any individual could weigh heavenly on everyone. Supporting PETA and other animal rights
organizations to help stop cruelty to animals in laboratories fur trade, and entertainment will improve the quality of life for, and saves the lives of, thousands of innocent animals.
Seventy million animals are maimed, blinded
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humans, in the US, every year. Out of those 7Billion animals, about 95% of them are killed for uses asfood. Advocates for animal rights justify their research bypresenting the obvious differences that exist between humansand animals. These include size, status, strength, and ability.Sometimes, one who is against animal rights will take theattitude that "God gave them [animals] to us to use." Whatthese researchers fail to recognize is PAIN. All creatures arecapable of feeling pain. If a creature is capable ofexperiencing the pain then they too can wish for the pain toend. That right, along with many others, of animals is beingdenied to them even as we speak. Animals have a few basicrights which
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Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent count, it was determined that 8,815 animals were being used for research at MSU, 8,503 of them rodents - rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. There were 18 dogs, three cats and a variety of goats, ferrets, pigeons and rabbits. The struggle against this tyranny is a struggle as important as any of the moral and social issues that have been fought over in recent years." Animal rights are an emotional issue-second only, perhaps, to the bitter abortion debate." For decades the value of animal research has been grossly overrated.
Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances
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Animal RightsToday, after the evolution of human beings over several millenniums, in the twenty-first century, it is hard to deny animal rights. As most people know, animals have rights just like humans; however, they are unable to defend their own rights. As a result, some humans take advantage of this situation and violate animal rights by hunting, torturing, or abusing them. Given the above situation, a simple question comes to the mind of any rational human: why should we as humans allow this kind of cruelty to take place?Hunting, the stalking and killing of animals, has been an American tradition most likely since the Ice Age when plant food became scarce. Today it exists as a "sport
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various ways in which human beings coexist with other animals, explore their rights and establish how these rights are being applied in the current world situation.
Animal rights can be defined as the need for non-human animals to be treated in a fair manner that all human beings are accorded by their customs and law. It further states that these non-human animals should be granted the ability to own their lives and offered the same treatment that any normal human being is given. This is however not the case that is observed all over the world as the non-human animals are made to serve the interests of their human counterparts. Human beings serve their own agendas and thus frustrate the
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Slaughtering animals has been a problem around for many years. The beginning of changing this was the animal rights movement. This movement was recognized by Alexander Yersin in 1863. The Animal Rights Movement is an organization which seeks to help end the rigid moral towards animals. This means that a group of people work together to stop the suffering and pain these animals go threw just for us to have on the dinner table. Manatma Gandhi once said “to mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from cruelty of man”.
When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a
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Many people feel that animals have no rights and are here solely for our use. Humans are animals too, we shouldn't take advantage of other animals just because they can't reason like us.Animals are used in medical research labs as experiments. These experiments are meant only to benefit humans. I'm not totally against testing,some good can come of it. But when are torturedand abused in the process then there is something wrong with it. For example in the early 1980's baboons were involved in experiments to find out more about comas. There was no care given to whether or not the animal would be hurt by this procedure. They just strapped the baboon to a metal device, which would force it's
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inhibits progression.
There is much disagreement as to whether non-human animals have rights, and what is meant by animal rights. There is less disagreement though when it comes to agreeing on the overall thoughts humanity has of allowing animals to have rights. This view in which humans have for animals more than likely stems from the Bible. The idea was established through St Augustine’s teachings, "by a most just ordinance of the Creator, both their [animals'] life and their death are subject to our use." St Thomas Aquinas taught that the universe was constructed as a hierarchy in which beings at a lower level were there to serve those above them. Human beings we’re above animals in this
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Animal Rights
In the world today, people see animals as objects of entertainment. Their existence is only acknowledged for our own interest. Most of their lives are lived in chains, isolating them from their natural habitats in the wild. Wild animals are stripped from their homes and families and forced into confinement. They deserve to live in complete freedom and no animal should be held in captivity. Animals are forced into mistreatment through the entertainment industry and they deserve the same rights we have as humans.
A zoo is a prime example of keeping animals confined for human entertainment. Millions of people flock to these establishments daily to admire these animals that
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Animal rights is a very fragile topic. Opposing sides have strong reasonsto stand for either of their believes, leading to many ethical questions.One of the major questions is who is right and who is wrong? There is noone right answer, but instead million of them based upon our own individualopinion, and the opinions are formed on how we feel about the facts. Animalresearch, test, and use has taken humanity a long way, with its advances inmedicine and as a major source of food, but it is not morally correct toabuse, test, use, and ultimately kill the animals unnecessarily, especiallyfor our comforts, luxuries, and greed.Many benefits have been obtained through animals, mostly in the field
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any law that prohibits any test that can be done to animals, no matter how cruel or painful, or most importantly how useless the test is. Animals are confined to cages and denied food or water. They have chemicals rubbed in their eyes and skin.. Now you may think where do these animals come from? These animals come from warehouses, animal shelters, and even in some cases from people’s backyards. (Animals Are Not Ours To Experiment On.)
Animals do not have the rights as we do because they are incapable of fulfilling the duties that accompany such rights. People say that “God” granted humans a higher status than animals and encourages people to use animals. (Gale) Just because animals
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obligation to treat animals.
One of the greatest arguments against non human animals having rights is that they cannot speak for themselves, they cannot think and they are less human and so they can be created as such. There are flaws on this argument. Humans have an obligation to the society in a certain manor and this determines how they behave. From a young age, people are taught how to behave and act in a certain way and animal neglect and cruelty goes against the basic principles we are taught as children. Secondly, In addition, opponents argue that rights only belong to moral agents and that animals like moral urgency. This is absurd because some animals for example primates actually
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his own purpose, how can we not use animals for the same exact purpose? Not Only did a Pollan’s thesis acknowledge the problem of animal cruelty, but it also proposes a solution that fortified his article. The argument which Pollan bought to our attention were how to treat animals.
Various animal rights activists claim that eating animals increases and plays a dominant role in animal cruelty. Pollan refutes this claim stating that humans can eat animals as long as we honor them while they’re alive. Pollan uses narratives, compare and contrast as well as cited, all experts work that he researched to add credibility to his article. “There is, too, the fact that we humans have been eating
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Argument for Animal Rights
The argument for animal rights assumes that animals posses their own
lives and deserve to be assigned rights in order to protect their
wellbeing. This view insists that animals are not merely goods
utilised only to benefit mankind and they should be allowed to choose
how they want to live their lives, free from the constraints of man.
But if animals are given absolute rights, then surely they shouldn’t
be allowed to kill each other, as this would be a violation of these
rights. Should murderous animals be administered prison sentences or
even…capital punishment?
One method of preventing animals killing each other would
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Over the past fifteen years a powerfully charged drama has
unfolded in New York's Broadway venues and spread to the opera houses
and ballet productions of major cities across the country. Its
characters include angry college students, aging rock stars,
flamboyant B-movie queens, society matrons, and sophisticated fashion
designers. You can't buy tickets for this production, but you might
catch a glimpse of it while driving in Bethesda on particular Saturday
afternoons. If you're lucky, Compassion Over Killing (COK), an animal
rights civil disobedience group, will be picketing Miller's Furs,
their enemy in the fight against fur. These impassioned activists see
the fur
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the way they have become they ethically and legally should not still be allowed to operate. Just about every single law, restriction, and or rule that exists has been violated in these places; for instance the rules on loading and unloading animals shouldn’t have them packaged in with not enough room to rotate around and the complete neglect to the animals conditions before slaughtering as long as the butcher receives as much profit as possible (“An Inside Look at Slaughter Houses”).
Works Cited
"Animal Rights." CQ Researcher by CQ Press. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
"Animal Rights Vs Medical Research." Medicine Information, Medical Research, Health Information, Stem Cell Research
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deserve the same level of respect as people. Even though people started to think of vegetarianism and animal rights movements a long time ago, these movements became popular only in the early 1970s. In the U.S., people became interested in vegetarianism after an American writer Frances Moore Lappé published her bestseller called “Diet for a Small Planet.” Around the same time, a group of Oxford university post-graduate philosophy students, now known as the "Oxford Group", founded an animal rights movement in the UK. The reason why they did this was not just sentimental. Their approach was based on the moral rights of animals. This was the very beginning of these movements that now are so
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State Penitentiary, one year in the county jail or be charged $500.00. The consequences to this crime would seem quite fitting but most people who neglect an animal in this form usually gets dismissed. To stop this form of crime for continuing it is the job of society to report this abuse. If society turns its head away from this then innocent animals will not be protected.
Oklahoma Animal Rights definitely has the animals’ rights in mind. Unfortunately there are so many animals being abused and so many people are getting away with it. The laws and punishments for animal abuse and neglect are set within the guidelines for Oklahoma but will not work unless people help speak out for animals
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PETA: Animal Rights
Doesn’t it kill you to see a movie and see an animal get killed or just hurt in it? Good thing that’s all special effects. Back in the day, around 1966, movies didn’t always use special effects. Khartoum, a movie based on a holy war in the Sudan desert, directed by Basil Dearden and Eliot Elisofon, used horses a great deal, but did not use the special effects in order to not hurt the animals. Many horses died in the making of this movie, as well as others, even including a major hit, Ben-Hur. Today, there are many activist groups that fight for and about the unfair treatment and protection for animals in everyday life. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
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In regards to animals, the issue of rights and whether they exist becomes a touchy subject. In the essay, “Nonhuman Animal Rights: Sorely Neglected,” author Tom Regan asserts that animals have rights based upon inherent value of experiencing subjects of a life. Regan’s argument will first be expressed, later explained, and evaluated in further detail. Lastly, that fact that Regan thinks rights are harbored under the circumstance of being an experiencing subject of a life will also be discussed in terms of the incapacitated, etc.
Regan positively argues that both human and nonhuman individuals are experiencing subjects of a life. Experiencing subjects of a life have an inherent value, which
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Animal RightsAnimal rights is a topic that has been debated for an extremely long time. Many argue for and against it without having any grounds to why they feel either way. The majority does not even know what animal rights entails and therefore a valid argument cannot be made. By exploring what animal rights really means, arguments for and against them can arise; thus allowing the moral implications behind each argument to be seen.Defining animal rights depends seriously on how one views the issue as a whole. Lewis Vaughn writes:"The traditional attitude toward animals is that they are merely resources that humans dispose of as they see fit; animals have instrumental value only. But many
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I IntroductionII Animal IntelligienceA. Ameslan1. Washoe2. LucyB. Yerkish1. Lana2. Trainer incidentIII Animal activists groupsA. PETA1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeB. ALF1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeC. PPF1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeOutlineIV Pros and cons of animal rightsA. Positive effectsB. Negative effectsV. Conclusion'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; The Declaration of Independence holds these rights to be self evident and unalienable. In the eighteenth century when these words were written they were called natural rights, today we call them human rights' (McShea 34). The issue of whether or not to grant animal rights such as those that humans retain, is
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I IntroductionII Animal IntelligienceA. Ameslan1. Washoe2. LucyB. Yerkish1. Lana2. Trainer incidentIII Animal activists groupsA. PETA1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeB. ALF1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeC. PPF1. Formed when and by whom2. PurposeOutlineIV Pros and cons of animal rightsA. Positive effectsB. Negative effectsV. Conclusion'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; The Declaration of Independence holds these rights to be self evident and unalienable. In the eighteenth century when these words were written they were called natural rights, today we call them human rights' (McShea 34). The issue of whether or not to grant animal rights such as those that humans retain, is
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the nation have pledged to recognize this declaration, still many people throughout the world do not receive these basic human rights (James 5). Therefore, my question is then hence if human rights are difficult to enforce, what hope is there for animals? What rights should animals have? This paper will be showing two different worldviews - the dominant and the biocentric worldviews with respect to animal rights. It will explore the moral and ethical issues raised by human superiority over animals. I will argue for the biocentric worldview, in favour of animal rights as I will focus on two main ideas: equality and suffering.
This paragraph will be showing the dominant worldview toward
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Animal rights are a fragile issue that goes back and forth between people often with so many different beliefs and ways of viewing things. A major question in animal rights is; are animals entitled to the possession of their own lives and their everyday basic needs? With opinions on this topic based on research and tests, opposers to animals having rights over their life are not taking into consideration that animals live just like us humans but we cannot physically communicate with them. It is unfair that because of lack of communication animals are killed all around the world for the use of their skin because of our selfish need to wear animal fur.
When an animal is chosen to be
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Animal rights have been a controversial issue for decades and remain controversial today. Product testing on animals is considered wrong by many and is against animal rights, products can be made without testing on animals. Animals in zoos are looked after greatly and treated with respect, keeping them in zoos in not against animal rights. Many activists for animal rights have pets because some consider having pets as not against animal rights, the families that have pets give them homes and treat them as part of their family. Product testing is against animal rights; however, keeping pets and having zoos are not against animal rights.
Product testing is against animal rights and is
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Dating back to the 1600’s, animal rights have been trying to come fully apart of our society. Every state in the United States has a law to protect animal rights but they are not all equal, therefore, animals are still in danger. They are in danger of many different ways that include abuse, testing, and fighting. Animal rights do not only affect animals, but humans also. Those who abuse animals can abuse other humans. It is understood that animals can be used for human benefits, but in order to lower the risk of danger for animals and humans, there should be more strict penalties for animal cruelty and have equal animal rights.
Animals all over the world are being abused in many different
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animals that exists today, there is a heated debate in society over what, if any, rights animals are entitled to. The animal rights debate is an important one for human civilization, since its outcome will determine whether we can ethically continue such practices as eating animal meat or byproducts, keeping animals as pets, and using them in our scientific experiments. To examine arguments in favor of giving animals the same rights as humans, I'm looking at the site "animal-rights.com".
The animal-rights.com site explains its position by presenting a series of frequently asked questions and their corresponding answers. One relevant question asks what the definition of a "right" is and what
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Animals are not just big fluffy things or small charming things, they are breathing, living, creatures that have been given a life just as humans have. Animals are being beaten and starved everyday, and millions of helpless animals die each year because of heartless owners. Animals should have a Bill of Rights because it not just protects them from starvation or animal testing, but it gives no right to the animals food product companies to mistreat them harmfully. Animals should not have to deal with cruel killing.
People often ask if animals should have rights, and quite simply, the answer is “Yes!” Animals surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation
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that it is benefitting the health of society, and all experimentation on animals allow scientists new research and provide information for the betterment of mankind. All of those against animal testing argue that inflicting pain on a living creature when alternative methods are available is cruel. Putting a halt on all forms of animal testing is next to impossible. If animal testing started as a means to protect living creatures from being harmed, then how is the solution part of that very problem? Humans have laws to protect them from being blinded by mascara, yet animals do not deserve the right to live an abuse and pain-free life? Giving animals basic rights is by far the best solution
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Today, many scientists and philosophers are concerned with animal rights advocates beliefs that all animals, including ones used for laboratory testing and experimentation, deserve legal protection.The Wilmington Morning Star, First, Animals Arent People, Adrian Morrison, D.V.M., Ph.D wrote an article dated August 2, 2002. In this article, Dr. Morrison states his concerns with the proponents of animals rights belief that animals have rights due to the following facts: (1) certain animals share qualities of consciousness that have heretofore been seen as uniquely human; (2) animals are brutalized in research; and (3) research with animals has been made obsolete by
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Ethics 400Ethical Treatment of AnimalsThe issue of animal rights is very complex. When referring to the ethical treatment of animals, it seems as though everyone has an opinion. Some people are "meat eaters" and consume meat at nearly every meal. They may argue that this is survival and is justified; they would further argue that animals are not humans and were put on this earth for the benefit of man. Many also believe that it is necessary to use animals in medical research. They believe that testing various substances on animals may lead to finding new medical solutions, medicines, and treatments. There are also those that believe vegetarianism is "in fashion" while fur coats are no
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part of the meal, and to cook a healthy as well as a tasty Thanksgiving. She did not accept my offer, but seemed to be swayed by my earnestness and my willingness to compromise, in a desire to affirm our relationship.
Using the Internet was also helpful to show my grandmother the many different recipes that existed on different vegetarian and vegan blogs for Thanksgiving. This was a psychologically helpful strategy to normalize my eating habits. My grandmother could see that there were many vegetarians in the world, and that all of them were committed to happiness and health, as well as animal rights. Our negotiation was a mutual gain: both of us gained a more pleasant Thanksgiving, and I
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Animal Rights - Cause for Vegetarianism
The choice of eating meat or not has been a debated issue for a continued number of years. There have long since been two sides: the proponents and opponents of meat consumption. More and more debates of its value and effect on the world have risen. Many claim it is wrong, while others think of it as a needed pleasure.
Today, a greater percentage of the population eats meat. Only a few individuals seek the alternative route. Yet, there has been a steady rise in the number of vegetarians.
Many may already know that religions all over the world have advocated a meat-free diet. While a few are lenient, the majority is steady. The reason a vegetarian
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For the past 20 years, there has a been an on going heated debate on whether experiments on animals for the benefit of medical and scientific research is ethical. Whether it is or isn't, most people believe that some form of cost-benefit test should be performed to determine if the action is right. The costs include: animal pain, distress and death where the benefits include the collection of new knowledge or the development of new medical therapies for humans. Looking into these different aspects of the experimentation, there is a large gap for argument between the different scientists' views. In the next few paragraphs, both sides of the argument will be expressed by the supporters.
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One of the most touchy aspects of our relationship with animals is the use of animals in laboratory sciences. Some manufactures of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals, even though no law requires them to do so. Some people, called anti-vivisectionists, are at one extreme in their concern. They want an abolition of all experiments on live animals. At the other extreme there are those who say that it is quite all right for us to do whatever we like to animals. They say that God gave us such a right, since it is written in the bible (Genesis 1:26) that man has dominion over all creatures. If what is done to the animal may produce something
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Animal Testing: Right or wrong?
A topic that has always been close to many people hearts is the one of animal testing. Some believe that it is right completely, some that it is right but only under certain circumstances and others that believe that all animal testing is wrong and will go to extraordinary lengths to stop it. There are many organisations that are against animal testing and that arrange protest marches and demonstrations against it. This is an important issue as there are so many different views and arguments for and against animal testing, and as these are animals lives at stake here.
For centuries, animals have been used in medical research. Since 1875, animal
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By: Kyle Hassan
Kyle Hassan: Future Animal Cop
When I turn 14 I plan to apply to volunteer with the Nassau Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). They have a program for kids who are interested in careers in the field of law enforcement. The programs are based on five areas: career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education, and leadership experience. I really hope that I can get into this program because it will give me a good idea what the job is all about. Even though the SPCA is different from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), I think this would still be a good opportunity for me to learn about the job
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As of today PETA is one group that is helping animals in barbaric situation like that of professional research laboratories. In these laboratories, the staff treats animals inhumanly where chemicals are poured onto the animal causing burns and sores. According to answers.com, animal rights are the rights to humane treatment claimed on behalf of animals, especially the right not to be exploited for human purposes. This movement in America traces its roots to the settlers. According to the US History Encyclopedia in 1641, Body of Liberties laws, Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans came up with the first animal protection laws when they included two provisions prohibiting cruelty to animals
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