Utilitarianism Theory And Animal Rights

As previously known, animal rights is a controversial topic that's difficult to differ right from wrong. For example, the theory of Contractarian moreso supports that animals don't have rights, and only humans do. This is to be said, because those who believe the Contractarian theory bear that humans have the ability to do many things that animals simply cannot. However, those against the Contractarian theory believe the theory contradicts itself, since rights under the Contractarian theory very based on endangered animals. Another theory that unlike the Contractarian theory, moreso supports that animals do have rights. This belief is under the Utilitarianism theory viewpoint. The happiness adds up not only from the animals themselves, but the people who believe that animals should be treated fairly. Having said that, the Contractarian theory, and the Utilitarian theory both express their beliefs to the subject of animal rights. …show more content…
This being that animals should most definitely be treated morally right, in the sense that animals should not be used as harmful subjects, and so on. To go more in depth, after watching the documentary about the killer whale, and the multiple fatal trainer incidents, I still believe that the animal wasn't in the wrong. Like I said, I believe animals should be treated morally right, and being contained in a very small area for one's whole life is simply unacceptable. A whale should have the right to be in its own habitat, being the ocean. The multiple occassions of a killer whale killing a trainer is to be expected, since one is to go crazy being kept in a small area for one's whole life. All in all, my stance on animals rights is that I believe animals should be given rights that treat animals fairly, and not merely as