Speciesism

process, the infliction of pain to study its effects and remedies, and killed by carbon dioxide poisoning, decapitation, breaking their necks, or other forms of killing (Humane Society International). Animals can suffer like humans do, therefore it’s speciesism to experiment on them while we eschew experimenting on humans. All and any suffering is undesirable, whether it be directed towards humans or towards animals. Animals subjected during animal testing go through pain and suffering at the…

Animal testing is a hot button issue that has arisen in recent history. It has many uses in this day and age. These uses include testing for household products, cosmetic products, and medical research. Many species of animals are used in these tests ranging from mice and rabbits, to dogs, cats, and chimpanzees.Without a doubt, testing on animals does come with some benefits, such as the advance of medicine and science, and a way to test the safety of the products we use before they are released…

Intro Thesis: The inhumane use of animals for medical experimentation in the United Kingdom should encourage the country to push towards anti-vivisection in medical research fields. Current Testing Regulations in the UK Although the UK has banned cosmetic testing and the selling of cosmetics that have used animals to test, animal experimentation is still used in the medical research. (Garner) No government on earth has recognized this type of respect for animals, but have worked to alleviate…

subjected to force feeding, prolonged periods of physical restraint, neck breaking and decapitation due to animal experimentations (PETA 3). Even after recognition that animal testing seldom provides accurate results in human beings, the torture and speciesism continues. The suffering of animals caused by biomedical and cosmetic research can not be morally justified. We as moral agents have an obligation to protect and reduce harm to all sentient beings. These animals regardless of human…

with the current ethical codes for animals in research this experiment would never have been approved by an ethics committee, for many reasons including the fact that multiple animals were mutilated in the most heinous way. Although according to speciesism, we’re morally obligated to inflict pain on animals in order to reduce potential human suffering. Landis used a thirteen-year-old boy in this experiment as a test subject which goes against the code of human ethics, because he imposed…

Is animal testing morally justified? In the era of science and technology, human has an ever-increasing living standard . As such, numerous products have been created to meet our constantly generating demands in different aspect of lives. In order to examine the quality of the products, animal testing are widely applied in multiple industries, and it seems that animal testing is inevitable for the sake of human. In definition, “animal testing” refers to the procedures which performed on living…

In All Animals Are Equal, the philosopher Peter Singer argues that we should extend the basic principle of equality to non-human animals. In order to justify this claim, the author examines the foundations of the basic principle of equality, establishing a moral system that takes into account the equal consideration of interests of living beings. Peter Singer states that in order for a being to have interests at all, one must take into account the capacity of suffering and enjoyment, or in other…

In ancient times, man and animal coexisted with each other, living in peace and harmony. Hundreds and thousands of years later, humans utilized their intelligence to put themselves above all other species. If we hadn’t made medical breakthroughs and scientific innovations during the course of our existence, there is no doubt that we couldn’t have achieved a lifespan so great. What is one of the reasons we stand so high today? Animal testing. Millions of animals are used in cruel scientific…

The way we live our lives and the responses we have to issues we hear about is all grounded in ethics. Before taking this philosophy course, I had morals and an idea of what is right or wrong but didn’t know about the ethical lenses. I chose to do my dialogue with Nicole Tomasello, one of my roommates. It took place at the dormitories before spring break. Her point of view was of interest to me because we are from different backgrounds and have been raised in a different environment. In general,…

Behind Vegetarians and Vegans Time is changing where population on Earth is increasing day by day and food is needed to feed everyone. The population will increase 458 million by 2050 according to the United States Census Bureau. Because of this, resources of food will increase at the same time. The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat per year. Today, many kids are suffering from obesity at an early stage in their lives. They are making bad food choices. Kids would rather eat a…