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    this article is the difference between animal rights and animal welfare. Animal rights mean animals should live in the wild without people trying to interfere. Most animals are born in the wild with a natural instinct for survival. Much like humans, they should be able to choose the area where they live, sleep, and search for their food. Many people aren’t willing to acknowledge that animals feel pain and suffer too. Animal welfare was set up to protect animals from any physical harm done by…

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    man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.” states Peter Singer, as he speaks for animal liberation. Surely that makes sense? The debate is on whether or not animals are of the same or of a lesser moral importance than humans, wearying many people who have been bombarded with all the viewpoints. Yet, the situation is, for me very simple: if we are foolish enough to believe that any animals other than humans are not as important or superior, we can…

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    Animal Rights Jeremy Bentham, the author of The Principle of The Morals and Legistation said “The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?””. According to the Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition (2015), retrieved from Dictionary.com website, animal rights is defined as the freedom of animals to live free from human abusing them and taking advantage of their privileges of having a well taken cared life. As the world is…

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    people should not accept the doctrine of animal rights, and I will offer three reasons to supports this claim. 1) Animal rights can to be limiting to the advancement of human wellbeing, 2) Animal control is important for sustaining the ecosystem, and 3) There are alternatives to accepting the animal rights, one in particular being animal welfare. The second point will be discussed in conjunction with the first two points. In support of the claim that animal rights is limiting for the advancement…

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    The topic of this paper is the animal rights movement. This issue of animal rights appealed to many people, creating such a powerful movement that is still growing and fighting for the rights of animals today. These social movements have the power to spark huge changes within societies, legislation, and the lives of many living beings. Rise of the Movement The fight for animal rights is one that has been going on for centuries. “The new emphasis upon animals ' feelings of sensation in the…

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    argue that animals are not capable of grasping moral concepts, such as rights. However, humans are animals that do have rights. People have fought and continue to fight to give a voice to animals. “We are a predator of predators,” said the study’s lead author, Chris Darimont, Hakai-Raincoast professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and science director for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation,” reported by EcoWatch “Humans: The Worst Predator on the Planet”. Animal rights…

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    Animal rights are believed to belong to animals to live free from the use of medical research, hunting, and other services to humans. Also all animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests, such as the need to avoid suffering and should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. Animals have been suffering and also killed because they 're on the bottom of the food chain or maybe it could be that we’re smarter than most…

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    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…

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    Issue Based Research The article “An Argument for Animal Rights” by V. Vachula supports animal rights. Vachula believes this issue should be a moral concern. Many times throughout the article he asks the question, "Who gave us our rights, and the ability to choose who gets them? Because human deem themselves superior to animals, we grant ourselves rights over them." To support his idea he introduces extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet. This may be an unrealistic event, but it does get…

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    The author’s main purpose about defending the rights of the animals is that they are living creatures. His strong claim determines that researchers are finding animals are more like humans than we ever realized. However, defying by Rifkin’s statement’s and the reason he points out the connection is because us people have not really payed attention to be able to realize the similarity. Animals pass on learning or skills to their young ones which goes the same exact way with humans, most likely…

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