Ethical Principles Essay

Can animals be people? Andrew Revkin addresses this question and the ethical issues it raises in his article for the New York Times entitled “When is a Person Not a Human? When it’s a Dolphin, or Chimp, or…” Specifically, he focuses on the recent push to have dolphins recognized as persons due to their complex mental faculties and the ethical arguments which proponents of this view use to claim moral rights for dolphins and other animals capable of “higher” forms of mental activity and social…

animals grossly outweighs any good outcomes. To prove his arguments, he uses his deductive argument called Marginal case in regards to the moral status of non-human animals against the rationality gambit; which attempts to establish the superior ethical status of humans over animals because humans are rational and animals are not. He uses deductive argument in aim of providing the connection between the premises (arguments/theories) and the conclusion. In response to the group membership’s…

The author informs the population how many Americans become ill each year from their food using, a fact. He says, “At least seventy six million Americans to become ill from their food annually” (3). So many cases of illness because of animals being injected with medicine not needed. This is logos because he uses a fact to support his argument. Emotions are used to show the audience how many segments are traced to factory farms. He says, “Six of eight genetic segments of the most feared virus in…

Chimpanzees have been used for many years to experiment, medicate, and torture in the name of research for the United States. The scientists chose chimpanzees for their research because they are the closest living relative to humans. This kind of research must stop! Many people think that this experimentation is shameful, but it is still going on in the United States. We are the only nation that still practices these horrible and cruel experiments to animals that are much like us. In…

“Cruelty is NOT Beautiful”. The Federal Drug & Food Administration (FDA) does not require testing products on animals before selling them to consumers and yet companies still continue. Cheaper, more humane alternatives are possible for companies to experiment on while testing their products exist. These types of tests include incubated petri dishes using human cells that can produce more possibilities for something going wrong than what testing on animals may not show. However, these brands…

1. Housing Housing of both farm and laboratory animals, share the same criteria since they love to share the same nest or shelter with a member of the same species. This implies that, rats or mice cannot share their shelter with a cat since it will just end up feeding on them and the same applies to sheep and dogs which could feed on their young ones. Furthermore, size of shelter also matters to both type of animals, since farm animals would require more space and generally survive outdoor…

The biological perspective and the behavioural perspectives are different in the way they view the nature vs nurture debate. The biological approach looks at more of the nature aspects and it assumes that all thoughts, feelings and behaviour all have a biological cause. The biological approach also suggests that behaviour cannot be changed by environment rather it is driven by genetics. Whereas the behavioural perspective suggests all behaviours can be learned because all animals are born as…

Imagine being held in a prison where someone commands you, does experiments on you, and have no way out back to your family. Some animals go through this, which is called animal captivity. Animal captivity happens every day, whether you know it or not. Banning animal captivity prevents animals from suffering mentally, emotionally, and deprivation from freedom. Animals have brains like us, therefore they have emotions, thoughts and…

Jeremy Bentham once said, “The question is not, can they reason, nor, can they talk. But, can they suffer?” Animal testing can be a major debate in today’s society. While some say animal testing gives helpful info, it leads to suffering, death, cruelty, and abuse to animals, it should be illegal as it's completely unnecessary. Animal testing is abuse, and causes death. To start, PETA says over 100 million animals die each year due to testing. Too many animals are dying because of experiments.…

Animal Testing Every single year in the United States millions of innocent animals die due to animal testing. Animal testing really should be called animal cruelty or animal abuse because the animals are burned, crippled, isolated and traumatized by these tests. It is not okay to do such in humane things to poor, innocent animals that have no way to stand up for themselves, therefore we have to speak up for them. Animals are tested on to make sure products or medications are safe for…