Brian Regan

Using Outdated Methods As technology advances computers become faster, science is able to reach to an even further understanding in research. While this is true Doke and Dhawale state in Alternatives to Animal Testing: A Review “Every year, millions of experimental animals are used all over the world” (224). The use of animals for research and lab experiments is not only an outdated method that harms animals, but is also unreliable and unneeded. Using animals for research and experimentation,…

What is animal testing used for and why? Animal testing is used and required by the United States government to test the safety of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and various consumer products. Additionally, animals are commonly used in the practice of medical and military training. Government agencies that heavily rely on animal testing are the U.S. Military, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the…

In “The Case for Animal Rights,” Tom Regan writes about his beliefs regarding animal rights and states certain goals for the animal rights movement. He believes animals have inherent value and are equal to humans and all living beings. Regan has an abolitionist position clearly shown in his distaste for the way animals are treated and goes on to tell us about the fundamentally wrong system of using animals as a resource. Regan argues this position and gives solid reasoning to support his claims…

great way to portray the topic and the issue. It talks about humans moral rights, animals have those rights too but those may be more specific to scientific studying and/ or testing. ( Tom Regan- little intro) In this it talks about how moral judgement 's need to be defended, justified, and validated. (Tom Regan- pg 104, paragraph 4, sentence 5) In which makes sense, but moral judgments more have to…

The common idiomatic expression “be the guinea pig” has a controversial and deeper meaning behind it that many people don’t even realize. In society, we use the guinea pig as a symbol of being the first to try something, typically a dangerous task or unpalatable concoction. No one wants to be the guinea pig. When our friend tries an unknown food and it turns out to be delicious, there is a beneficial outcome to them being the guinea pig. Other people then eat the food and it becomes a learning…

Darwin had a belief that animals don’t have a sense of right or wrong, unlike us humans. He stated “Of all differences between man and the lower animal, man’s sense of moral conscience is by far the most important.” This statement is not true. Animals like humans have decisions to make throughout life, it is not like they do to their free will, and live without decisions. In the world of humans, yes there is more decision making, and right or wrong moves. Animals are constantly in a survival…

Subjective Humanity The Nonhuman Rights Project, a group working to attain legal personhood and therefore the same rights that people possess for animals, states in their mission that, “We work to secure legally recognized fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, advocacy, and education.” This particular group wants to redesign the definition of a human to include animals, but the idea that the characteristics that define a human are subjective has graced society since the…

On the article “A Change of Heart about Animals”, Jeremy Rifkin argues that animals should be treated humanely because, according to science, the differences between animals and humans are less than what we think. He believes that animals should be given the rights that protect them from inhumane treatment and human consumption. He is telling us that we have to give them the same rights that a human possesses. In affirmation to Jeremy Rifkin, we should treat animals humanely because they also…

Re “A Change of Heart about Animals” I believe Rifkin establishes a valid argument that we should treat animals more humanely, although to a certain extent. Rifkin establishes ethos, since he’s an environmental activist, and while there certainly is an emotional appeal in the form of animals’ feelings and logos in the form of studies proving some animals can think, does his message convey towards all animals? I think Rifkin’s ideas apply more towards superior animal with definite intellect and…

Tom Regan, a philosophy professor at North Carolina State University, lectures that "Animals have a basic moral right to respectful treatment. . . .This inherent value is not respected when animals are reduced to being mere tools in a scientific experiment.”(7)…