Equality is ensuring that all individuals or groups of people are treated fairly and no less favourably than others, but it does not mean that everyone is to be treated exactly the same. Equality is all about treating people in a way that is appropriate for their needs; for example if a woman in a wheelchair wanted to get on a plane it would be no use saying “I am treating you equally to the other passengers, here are the stairs.” What is needed in that situation is a way for her to board the plane without embarrassing her or treating her in a worse way than the other passengers, this is equality.…
Equality means treating people in a way that is appropriate for their needs and treating them fairly.…
In the article, “A Change of Heart About Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin, he claims that humans are a lot more similar to animals than initially thought. First, Rifkin points out that animals feel the same emotions as humans do. The author also indicates that animals are able to perform similar tasks that require thinking and can also understanding languages. In addition, he states that animals are capable of self-awareness. Moreover, he emphasizes that animals share similar brain anatomy and chemistry as humans. Finally, Rifkin concludes that empathy, first starting off just for humans, is broadening out towards…
We like to think that we are in control of our lives. That, despite government and media, we are who we are, and we know right from wrong. Yet at times, we do not understand the implications of decisions made by those who have power over us. George Orwell knew this when he wrote his satirical fable, “Animal Farm”.…
* Equality – is about quality of being the same in quantity, measure and a state of being essentially equal. Individuals are to be treated the same.…
How would you feel if you were caged in and force fed? Animals, around the world, are being abused like that by many humans, every year. They are being chained up, their furs are being pulled straight off from their bodies, and they are being severely abused. Moreover, animal societies and the government started to take action to fight for animal rights. In the article Can Animal Rights Go Too Far?, Adam Cohen explains how animals are being treated and how they are sold to the market. Just like humans, animals have lives, too. They deserve better treatment and care. Therefore, the government should enhance making laws for animal rights, in addition to human rights.…
The term equality means that everyone should be treated fairly. It recognises that everyone has individual needs and that they have the right to have their needs respected, their diet needs or any other parents, health or development requirements.…
Animal Rights is the affection and kind treatment offered to every animal without discrimination. Animal Rights involves treating animals with respect and investing in their best interests, regardless if the animal is “cute” or useful to humans.vi The importance of Animal Rights is to protect animals from being abused and exploited. Animal Rights also protects endangered species from extinction. According to Tom Regan, “Animal Rights is to treat humans and other…
Singer then proposes that we should ‘extend’ or ‘reinterpret’ the principle of equality so that it applies not just to all humans but to all sentient beings, by which he means all beings that are capable of suffering or happiness or enjoyment (from here on I shall just say ‘suffering or happiness’ for short). So the principle becomes ‘treat all sentient beings as equal’ or ‘give equal consideration to the interests of all sentient beings’, regardless of which species, or which group within a species, they belong to.…
“All animals are created equal, although, some animals are more equal than others.” This famous quote is from the astonishing novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell. This book uses a family of farm animals to criticize the government and mankind for straying from true equality. Equality doesn’t just have a logical meaning but an emotional one. The word equality originates from the Latin word Aequalis, meaning equal. From there, it has been passed down through almost every culture to express a different version of itself. The word equality is the state of being equal, mainly in value and status. The root word, equal, means to be uniform and identical. Equality is an often changing word that can go from something mathematical to describing the earth's…
But first, I would like to discuss Singer’s essay merely due to the fact that there may be a case for a new liberation movement. Singer “urges that we extend to other species the basic principle of equality that most of us recognize should be extended to all members of our own species (pg. 171).” Many may note or make the connection that the idea of “the rights of animals” is somewhat of a parody to the case for women’s rights. But some may argue that the case for equality between men and women cannot validly be extended to non-human animals because, for an example, and realistically speaking, women now have the right to vote because they are just as capable of making that decision like men are, whereas animals on the other hand are incapable of understanding the significance of voting so they cannot have that right.…
In his essay The Case for Animal Rights, Tom Regan has set out a broad outline as an introduction for his book, The Case for Animal Rights, with same title. In the beginning, the author makes a special emphasis on that, the goals of the advocation of animal rights not only make people treat animals ‘more humane’, but also deny the view, which is fundamental wrong, that animals are humans’ resources. As a defender of animal rights as well as a philosopher, Regan attempts, through his professional knowledge, which area he has been exploring over ten years, to justify that animals have the rights as equal as human beings. In his own words, “people must change their beliefs before they change their habits”.…
It has been quite a long time since animals were first introduced in the entertainment fraternity. Since then, there have been a growing number of audiences to watch these ‘exotic animals’ perform at live circuses worldwide. But then how do we know what really happens behind those innovative and fun-filled acts? We watch the animals doing all sorts of tricks, but no one thinks what they actually have to go through to do things right when performing. The same applies to the other entertainment mediums: TV, movies and zoos. These animals are daily beaten by a cruel selection of tools, not fed according to their dietary needs and are accommodated in worse conditions, even…
Life is sorrowful when a thing goes to awful but people do not recognize it so it made to seem silly. In Animal Farm, Orwell depicts that most animals are mentally and spiritually controlled by human in the beginning and by pigs after the rebellion. At first, when animals have the same goal to drive away Mr.Jones, everything goes fine. However, after they reach the goal, pigs pop out and want to take control of the whole farm. Other animals in the beginning support pigs because they think that pigs are smart and insightful about the animal farm’s future. The perfect plan for the development of animal farm is that pigs give mental support and other animals give physical support. For example, the horse, Boxer, who works diligently and conscientiously, and his motto is “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must…
Genetic modification of an animal involves changing its genetic material by adding, modifying or eliminating certain DeoxyriboNucleic Acid or DNA sequences in a way that does not occur naturally. Its main objective is to change particular traits of an animal or present a different trait to prevent infection or boost progression. DNA is the genetic substance of an organism and carries the information for all the traits that an organism receives. Changes made in an animal’s genetic code can lead to the host passing down gene to the next generation.…