Paper 2 In this paper, I will discuss Mary Anne Warren's "Speaking of Animal Rights" which discusses the strength animals have to rights. Warren’s paper is rebuttal to Tom Regan “The Case for Animal Rights” I agree with Warren that humans' reason responsiveness makes human rights more important. I will explain her argument which focuses on humans' ability to listen to reason as morally relevant to the strength of their rights. She then uses that ability as reasoning to not to extend these rights…
Should There Be a Law Passed That All Service Animals Can Be Allowed in Public? A man just got tuned down to walk in a restaurant because of his snake that is a non-domestic service animal. Is that really fair? Many people that use service animals suffer with this problem every day. I believe that all service animals should be allowed in public places. If you wonder why, you are about to find out. I believe that non-domestic service animals comfort and help people with disabilities with their…
Do you have a pet at home? If so have you ever considered animals just like your pet and many others being used for medical research to help create medicine that will keep you healthy? You may not know it but animals are more than just a man's best friend. Imagine living in a world where illnesses plagued everyone and advancements in medicine was scarce. The number of people dying everyday grew out of control. That's what the world would be like if animals weren't used in research. "Sixty-five…
dangerous, and while we don't want animals to suffer it's preferable to accidentally killing humans with untested chemicals. Animalresearch.info has a list of all the diseases for which we now have treatments thanks, in part, to animal testing: from Aids to whooping cough, the safety of new treatments was first assessed through testing them on animals (Chivers,…
Animal Testing The issue of animal testing has been a topic for heated discussions for the recent years. It is necessary to point out that humans and animals have significant biological similarities which make it possible for the scientists to predict human's reaction to certain chemicals, cosmetics, and medicine . There are three major areas of animal testing including biomedical research, animals test using, and the cost of animal testing The first major area of animal testing is…
Animal Rights Did you know that some animals on earth are being more and more abused because of animal cruelty? Around 900-2000 animals are abused every year. In 2007 1880 animals were being abused. 64.5% (1212) Involved dogs. 18% (337) involved cats. 25% (470) involved other animals. I think that this is horrible and they should stop animal abuse Over 115 million animals are being tested for food, drugs, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and more. Some examples of these animals are rats…
Using animals in scientific research has been a heated debate and highly controversial topic for decades. Is animal testing morally right or wrong? Some people would say testing products on any kind of animal is unmoral and wrong. But scientists on the other hand, believe animal testing is the best way to discover medical breakthroughs. People have different feeling toward animals; some have animals as pets and companions while others may dislike pets, they may think animals are meant for…
According to the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Policies, Policy V., Section 1., B., animals are prohibited from chapter facilities. Kappa Kappa Gamma is committed to granting exceptions to policies when such exceptions are necessary to afford members with physical or mental disabilities an equal opportunity to use and enjoy chapter housing. Therefore, Kappa will permit the use of a service or assistance animal by an individual with a disability if that member can provide appropriate documentation…
Why is it socially acceptable to test on animals and not test on humans themselves? People test anything from cosmetics to possibly life changing medicine on sentient beings. We are forcing these poor creatures to put their life on the line for our benefit. If we want to test to see if a certain make up tool or medicine will harm us, humans should be the ones to go through the testing themselves. Animal testing is unethical, inhumane, harmful, and down right disturbing. It is time to stop the…
Animal Testing is cruel and inhumane According to the New England Anti-Vivisection Society in the U.S every year, over 25 million animals are used for testing and agricultural experiments. These animals include; dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, pigs, sheep, monkeys, chimpanzees, etc. Most animals in labs are rats, mice, and birds. Approximately, tens to hundreds of millions.. “Animal testing (vivisection) is the process of testing new products or medical procedures on animals before attempting…