Anthropocentrism

The reasoning behind their opposition is because animal experimentation is considered cruel and unnecessary. Both animal-rights activists and anti-vivisectionist groups are a part of the debate that animal testing is morally and ethically wrong simply stating that regardless of its purpose and benefit, animal testing is completely unnecessary (Festing & Wilkinson, 2007). These groups like to make it known that animal testing is the cause of animal injuries and deaths. According to PETA, 100…

Throughout the book “the sceptical environmentalist”, the author Bjorn Lomborg argues against the “litany of our ever-deteriorating environment” (Lomborg 2001, 3). The litany refers to the popular view point of mass environmental destruction and rapid degradation caused by the human race; which is shaped by the media with the messages and images we see on a daily basis (Lomborg 2001, 3). The litany incorporates the issues such as declining food security, water quality, biodiversity loss and…

If you allow yourself to visualize the earth without industrialization generated by humans, you may see a substantial amount of forests, animals, and overall environmental aesthetic. Over the years humans have advanced in many areas such as industrialization, technological advancement, and nuclear weaponry. These developments were made to benefit humans, but the advancement jeopardizes the conservation of nature and the well being of the animals that roamed the earth long before us humans. The…

have to de-sanctify human life, stripping ourselves of any idea that people are made in the image of God and subsequently uniquely valuable. Meanwhile, an evolutionary environmentalist at the Univ. of Texas, Eric Pianka, battles overtly against anthropocentrism, even expressing the wish that 90% of the human populace will be exterminated, possibly by a pandemic. Frequently,…

Ego’s Blinders: Perspective as a Projection of Success In his article “Keywords”, Raymond Williams describes three meanings of the word ‘nature’: “(i) the essential quality and character of something, (ii) the inherent force which directs either the world or human beings or both; (iii) the material world itself, taken as including or not including human beings” (219). Different perspectives on nature and its value are present in all forms of literature. William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It…

Arguments for and against animal experimentation Animals have been used time and again at some stage in the records of biomedical studies. Early Greek physician-scientists, inclusive of Aristotle, (384-322 BC) and Erasistratus, (304-258 BC), accomplished experiments on dwelling animals (Franco, 2013). Likewise, Galen (129-199/217), a Greek physician who practiced in Rome and became a giant within the history of medication, performed animal experiments to increase the expertise of anatomy, body…

Ishmael describes Leaver culture as not having to work to hard and grow to the hardships of nature. Leaver culture is about being a community with each other and working of one another. There are some similarities to Leaver culture and Individualism, but there are many differences. Individualism is about each being having inherent value, which Ishmael believes. He also believes that each has its place within a community. Leaver culture is about living of nature and being connected to it. Leaver…

a normal observer. In addition, J&P’s argument allows for there to be variation in the viewing conditions to account for changes in color perception, though their example still makes use of the “normal” observer. (72) Despite J&P’s appeals to anthropocentrism, their argument allows for variation in observer and viewing conditions, and thus it is not completely refuted by Hardin’s counterarguments. I would suggest that Hardin’s argument is successful in refuting the assumption of anthropocentric…

Kacie Lee Sawyer P.5 Formal Outline - Sophomore Persuasive 12/08/17 Animal Experimentation Formal Outline I. Introduction "...even if considerable congruence were shown between an animal model and its corresponding human disease, interspecies differences in physiology, behavior, pharmacokinetics, and genetics would significantly limit the reliability of animal studies, even after a substantial investment to improve such studies" (Akhtar 411). Animal experimentation is one of the oldest…

The Protestant Reformation changed the course of history, leading to several conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, among those who defended the permanence of medieval society and those who wanted the freedom of a new era, a new model of society. This paper describes and analyzes the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century and its political impact within the complex religious, social, political and intellectual context that lived Europe then. The text considers the causes of this…