Annie Nguyen
Mr. Montalbano
AP Language and Composition, Period 4
6 March 2016
A Vegetarian Philosophy Questions
Meaning Questions:
1, The judge in the “McLibel” trial ruled that it is cruel to refuse the right for animals to have their freedom. The meat industry companies, in order to produce more meat in accordance with its demand locks animals in stalls where they are fed and taken care of until they are ready to be killed for production. Mr. Justice Bell, the judge, states that “Chickens, laying hens, and sows... kept in individual stalls suffered from “severe restriction of movement” which “is cruel” (Singer 553). For the pamphlet that McDonald claims to be “defamatory”, Mr. Justice Bell ruled against McDonald because what the pamphlet said seems to be true and that it is not accusing McDonald's of something they didn’t do. He felt that the many standards and procedures needed to produce meat were cruel and that “McDonald’s to be culpably responsible for them” (Singer 554).
2. Singer discusses the analogy created by Jonathan Glover to prove an argument that some defenders argued for. That argument is that, “One chicken fewer sold makes no perceptible difference to the chicken produces, and therefore there can be nothing wrong with buying chicken” (Singer 554). Singer does not agree …show more content…
Singer further argues that killing animals have a great impact on the environment. By killing animals especially cattle, people are destroying the rainforest in the world which causes the climate change and global warming that is destroying the air and water people live in. He states that “So the meat industry as a whole remains culpable for the loss of rain forest and for all the consequences of that, from global warming to the death of indigenous people fighting to defend their way of life” (Singer 556). Animal production care also use up fossil fuels which causes pollution in the atmosphere that releases many greenhouse gases that destroys the planet of billions of
Mr. Montalbano
AP Language and Composition, Period 4
6 March 2016
A Vegetarian Philosophy Questions
Meaning Questions:
1, The judge in the “McLibel” trial ruled that it is cruel to refuse the right for animals to have their freedom. The meat industry companies, in order to produce more meat in accordance with its demand locks animals in stalls where they are fed and taken care of until they are ready to be killed for production. Mr. Justice Bell, the judge, states that “Chickens, laying hens, and sows... kept in individual stalls suffered from “severe restriction of movement” which “is cruel” (Singer 553). For the pamphlet that McDonald claims to be “defamatory”, Mr. Justice Bell ruled against McDonald because what the pamphlet said seems to be true and that it is not accusing McDonald's of something they didn’t do. He felt that the many standards and procedures needed to produce meat were cruel and that “McDonald’s to be culpably responsible for them” (Singer 554).
2. Singer discusses the analogy created by Jonathan Glover to prove an argument that some defenders argued for. That argument is that, “One chicken fewer sold makes no perceptible difference to the chicken produces, and therefore there can be nothing wrong with buying chicken” (Singer 554). Singer does not agree …show more content…
Singer further argues that killing animals have a great impact on the environment. By killing animals especially cattle, people are destroying the rainforest in the world which causes the climate change and global warming that is destroying the air and water people live in. He states that “So the meat industry as a whole remains culpable for the loss of rain forest and for all the consequences of that, from global warming to the death of indigenous people fighting to defend their way of life” (Singer 556). Animal production care also use up fossil fuels which causes pollution in the atmosphere that releases many greenhouse gases that destroys the planet of billions of