Cora Diamond's Concept Of Speciesism: Should We Kill Animals?
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In my paper, I will be looking at the issue of should we kill animals for resources or should we not kill animals as resources which was seen in the Indigenous peoples vs. Endangered Species case study. Most humans utilize animals for a source of food every day. I will draw on the Cora Diamond’s concept of speciesism on this issue. The salient features of the issue are should us humans support animal rights or should we not support the rights of animals? People who support the rights of animals often avoid eating meat, while people who don’t support the rights of animals eat meat. I will argue that Cora Diamond’s concept of speciesism can help make sense of this issue. Speciesism is treating others within the same species with the same rights you would hold for yourself. This allows for the argument that other species can be treated unfairly which allows for the favoritism of your species. In other words, humans are superior over animals. In our society, there are two different types of people, people who support animal rights and people who don’t care for the rights for animals. People such as Singer, Regan and Ryder argue that we must give up killing animals for food, since they support the idea that humans are not superior over animals (Diamond 466). …show more content…
I feel that humans are not superior to animals therefore, I do not agree with the concept of speciesism. Like humans, animals have the capacity of suffering from pain (Diamond 466). Based off this, I feel that the suffering of animals is not right since they have neurons that give them feelings. The issue of eating meat is the suffering evolved in the process of killing animals for food. I definitely support how certain companies don’t test their products on animals because doing so is immoral. An example of this is how the cosmetics company Lush doesn’t test their products on
In my paper, I will be looking at the issue of should we kill animals for resources or should we not kill animals as resources which was seen in the Indigenous peoples vs. Endangered Species case study. Most humans utilize animals for a source of food every day. I will draw on the Cora Diamond’s concept of speciesism on this issue. The salient features of the issue are should us humans support animal rights or should we not support the rights of animals? People who support the rights of animals often avoid eating meat, while people who don’t support the rights of animals eat meat. I will argue that Cora Diamond’s concept of speciesism can help make sense of this issue. Speciesism is treating others within the same species with the same rights you would hold for yourself. This allows for the argument that other species can be treated unfairly which allows for the favoritism of your species. In other words, humans are superior over animals. In our society, there are two different types of people, people who support animal rights and people who don’t care for the rights for animals. People such as Singer, Regan and Ryder argue that we must give up killing animals for food, since they support the idea that humans are not superior over animals (Diamond 466). …show more content…
I feel that humans are not superior to animals therefore, I do not agree with the concept of speciesism. Like humans, animals have the capacity of suffering from pain (Diamond 466). Based off this, I feel that the suffering of animals is not right since they have neurons that give them feelings. The issue of eating meat is the suffering evolved in the process of killing animals for food. I definitely support how certain companies don’t test their products on animals because doing so is immoral. An example of this is how the cosmetics company Lush doesn’t test their products on