Speciesism

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…

experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. A large majority of experiments run on animals are flawed and often don’t produce a concise result, making them a waste of time and lives. Animals suffer the same as humans, so it’s blatant speciesism to use them for experiments over willing…

humans put their interests over other animals because they are intellectual and should have a better quality of life based on their ability to reason and have complex understanding, which other species lack. He calls this attitude towards non-humans, speciesism, which is the idea that being human is a good enough reason for human animals to have greater moral rights than non-human animals. This is a bias in favor of the interests of one’s own species and against those members of other…

Dejectedly, for this exclusion to moral status select people and strong supporters of speciesism accept due to their superiority over animals is acceptable to exploit them. Experimental research inflicts inhumane acts of pain and suffering on animals. Inflicting pain and suffering on innocent animals should never be acceptable, even in to…

Thousands of each species are killed every year against their will due to animal testing. Most people are under the misconception that animal experiments enhance human cures due to the media, experimenters, and universities which exaggerate animals’ potential and the role they have played in past medical advancements. Researching thoroughly on websites, books, articles and organizations, I will prove the common misconception that animals are needed for human advancement to be incorrect. Animal…

anatomic systems of animals are really different from humans so the fact that they would be considered as good test subjects is really bad (ProCon). It is very unacceptable to experiment on animals because, “animals suffer like humans do, so it is speciesism to experiment on them while we refrain from experimenting on humans” (ProCon). Meaning that human superiority leads to the exploitation of animals. Animal testing does not always work, because it is known that some medical breakthroughs…

Eden Curd Student ID: 1155485 The Moral Case of Animal Rights- Through Tom Regan’s Lens This Environmental Ethics paper is concerned with ethical and moral questioning around the relationship of humans to the natural world. This includes exploring the value and rights of the non-human world. In this assignment I explore Tom Regan’s position on the moral case of animals in regards to Val Plumwood’s account of surviving a crocodile attack. I will be using Tom Regan’s deontological stance to…

Racism was and still is a big problem in our country and actually the whole world. There are many ways people are harassed or called out by the color of their skin or their sexual preference. Racism, Sexism, ageism, classism, lookism, ableism, speciesism, heterosexism, anti-semitism and much more. In the 1900’s, racism was unbelievable. As in unbelievable, it was way worse than now. Some examples are, black Americans were not allowed to have the same things or privileges as the white Americans.…

Michael Pollan writes “An Animal’s Place” in which targets mainly at the United States meat industry on how cruelty and unhuman they handle live stocks during the raising and slaughtering process. In this article, Pollan talks about how we, as human-beings, treat domestic animals with no respect and cause them a tremendous amount of pain both physically and mentally. Using Peter Singer’s “Animal Liberation” as his fundamental reference, Pollan provides readers with facts and continuously asking…

Due to the extreme controversy over the topic the Animal Welfare Act was signed into law. This protects the animals and sets guidelines and laws at both the state and local level in order to regulate animal research. This law states that animals must give the animals: access to clean food and water, regular inspections by vets, proper enclosure size, and appropriate temperature. So the animals are not being exposed to improper conditions, or they shouldn’t be according to the law. Also in order…