Are Controversial Arguments In Current Debates About Animal Agriculture?

Many controversial issues exist in debates about scientific topics. Debates over environmental issues have become increasingly popular. More specifically, debates over climate change and animal agriculture have taken the stage at the forefront of controversy. A keyword implicitly stated throughout Peter H. Gleick’s “Climate Change and the Integrity of Science” and C. C. Croney, M. Apley, J. L. Capper, J. A. Mench, and S. Priest’s "BIOETHICS SYMPOSIUM: The Ethical Food Movement: What Does It Mean for the Role of Science and Scientists in Current Debates about Animal Agriculture?" is perception. Although the word perception is not directly stated throughout these two articles, perception can be inferred through how people understand the controversy presented by each article.