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    Animal liberation nowadays are one of the most contentious issues. There has been numerous arguments about whether or not if animals do have rights. Many philosophers have argued and came up with several conclusions by considering a variety of standpoints and presenting their arguments. In Peter Singer’s article “The Case for Animal Liberation”, has several good points which show us that everyone have the responsibilities to protect animal rights. Singer’s argument in his essay gives us a great support to the argument in terms of morally equal. In contrast, “The Case Against Animal Rights” by a philosophy professor at University of Michigan, Carl Cohen; he believes that animals can’t have rights therefore all the medical researches or experiments…

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    Animal Liberation” refers to the notion that all animals, regardless of their species, deserve freedom from exploitation and oppression. Animals are a major part of our environment, some people agree and there are those very few that will disagree with this topic. Recently, in the Guerin family we rescued two puppies that were found in rough situations. The first one, Ruger, was found in a crack house along with his two sisters. And Rilee, was found in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. Since we…

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    In his essay Animal Liberation, Peter Singer advocates for a basic principle of equality, regardless of differences between humans and non-humans. When postulating this approach, Singer compares the suffering of historically oppressed people such as African Americans and Women to that of animals today. To expand, Singer advocates for a liberation movement for animals, a movement that will help us explore our moral horizons, then leading us to acknowledge unethical and unjustifiable practices.…

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    Yo bro, we’re learning about this crazy argument in my philosophy class, it is about animal equality. In, Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argues that we should extend the same rights and equality of human beings to non humans; animals. He does not make this claim meaning animals are equal in abilities, opportunities, or their logic towards life. Also, if he achieves his claim he does not agree to have equal rights towards animals. Peter Singer argues for equal consideration. This means that if…

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    Animal testing is a highly controversial topic with a multitude of opinions of both sides. It’s an industry where there are entire companies dedicated to the breeding of animals used for experimental purposes. It allows companies to order all types of animals, from beagles to mice, to be sent to their laboratory and tested on. Animal experiments are often used to develop new medicine and to test the safety of all kinds of products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved and…

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    environmentalism and animal liberation. Environmentalism is best summarized as the moral principle that biotic communities and the relationships within those communities are of the utmost importance to preserve. Animal Liberation represents the belief that sentience of a being qualifies that individual for moral consideration. If Leopold’s maxim is followed as the standard for land ethicism and the “when” in his maxim is read as a necessary condition then animal liberation…

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    human suffering and animal suffering should be given equal consideration. (16) Exposition In his writing, Animal Liberation, Peter Singer maintains that we ought to give equal consideration to the lives of non-human animals as we do to the lives of humans. He is saying that all animals, either human or non-human are all equal. One of the arguments that Singer says is asking why equality is a moral idea and not a declaration of fact. He does this by working through the problems of assertions…

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    As Peter Singer argues in his article titled "Animal Liberation," ‘speciesism' is an attitude or a belief that humans have the right to discriminate and mistreat other species in ways that would be unacceptable to treat other members of their own species. Specifically, Singer refers to the mistreatment and exploitation of animals by humans. The livestock industry is vital to the American economy as it supplies meat, eggs, milk, and other animal products while providing employment for many…

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    Meat the Dilemma In Peter Singer’s essay Animal Liberation, examines the defense of animal rights by comparing animals and historically discriminated groups such as African Americans and women. He argues that under the principle of utilitarianism the discrimination of animals cannot be considered less important than that of African Americans and women. Utilitarianism suggests that when making decisions the entire population’s welfare must be taken into account so that every individual counts as…

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    for Animals, an animal welfare group released a video documenting the company’s extreme acts of animal abuse. In the video, a number of employees can be seen throwing, stomping on, mangling and dismembering chickens, all while in front of passive supervisors. As of June 13th, 2017, six employees have been fired from their positions and are liable to face charges; while knowledge of this disciplinary action was enough to placate a portion of the public, not all are satisfied. With many consumers…

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