Michael Pollan An Animal's Place

In the article, “An Animal’s Place” Michael Pollan explains to the reader that people should eat animals as long as they give them the respect animals deserve when they have life. Initially, Pollan agrees with a book that he is reading called, “Animal Liberation” which talks about moral consideration for animals. Pollan feels humans and animals have a built a mutual relationship, because humans take care of the animals then the animals feed humans. The author argues even though, animals and humans have a mutual relationship humans should have a respect for the animals. However pollan argues, humans are the only ones benefitting because, the animal suffers while the human life happy. Pollan uses a term called specists to describe people that