Speciesism

My love for animals and passion for medicine has shown me that a Career as a Veterinary Tech is where I belong. The first step is applying to a Technology/Technician Program. Before entering, this program requires you to take prerequisites that include basic math, writing, and computer courses. There is a big difference between a veterinary technician and Veterinary technologist. A Veterinary technologist attends college for about four to five years and graduates with a B.S. degree in Veterinary…

Essentially, humans and non-human animals are the same. Each having a life cycle, each possessing the ability to construct homes, each having a form of communication, can feel pain, are intelligent and have a sense of community. These are just some of the traits that humans and non-human animals share. Yet, despite these similarities, as human beings, we dissociate ourselves from our own nature. Thinking that we are “higher” in status, and yes, human beings have evolved, but humans have not…

For so long, animals have been viewed as resources of humans. Animals have been killed for consumption since the Homo erectus some 1.8 million years ago. Hundreds and thousands of years later, as early as 300 B.C.E, animals were already used for experiments to study bodily functions. Animals were also treated as entertainment and hunting as a sport started as early as 4000 B.C.E. It was in 1828 that the first anti-cruelty law was passed. In the Philippines, it was only in 1998 that Republic Act…

Frey entitled, “Moral Standing, the Value of Lives, and Speciesism” defends a view that he refers to as the unequal value thesis-the idea that human life is more valuable than animal life. In correlation with our past article, they both preach that humans are ultimately superior to animals when it comes down to…

ETHICS IN GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY As geospatial technology advances, it becomes increasingly more important to implement an equally advancing ethical component. It is relatively easy to acquire geographic information and share it with millions with a click of a button, such as a simple geotag on a safari vacation. Few people, however, recognize that geotags’ magnitude and how it could be aiding in the mass poaching event of African rhinos. South Africa’s National Parks have been fighting poachers…

We take it as a given that we ought to treat all human beings equally, i.e. that we must give equal consideration of interests to all human beings. Singer argues that we should extend our moral principle of equal consideration of interests to animals. Excluding them on the grounds of species difference is parallel to the reasoning behind racist and sexist attitudes and hence morally impermissible. Furthermore, Singer argues that there is no moral feature exclusive to humans which could grant our…

Since the early 1900s’, cartoons have played a pivotal role in raising children within a society. They teach young people how their world functions, what is looked down upon and what actions are rewarded. Although children never notice these subtle behavioral hints, they are affected by them nonetheless. In her book Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis says, “film [is] a cultural mirror” (17). Of all the different categories of film, animation is the best when it comes to reflecting a…

taken away from their lives out in the wild where they should be. There are many good reasons why we should stop experimenting. As I already mentioned its unethical meaning its not morally correct. When we conduct experiments, we are performing speciesism which involves assigning different values, rights, or special consideration to individuals solely based on their species membership. We are looking down on animals as if they don’t deserve rights and their life doesn’t have value compared to…

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…

Human benefit should not overrule any damage or destruction to animals. Because the Animals can suffer like humans do, so it is speciesism to experiment on them while we refrain from experimenting on humans. Most experiments involving animals are flawed, wasting the lives of the animal subjects, Animal tests do not reliably predict results in human beings, and Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe for humans. There are the experiments in the United States that allows animals to…