Summarize the Yong article in your own words, answering the following questions: What is the event or events related to animal rights that motivate Ed Yong to write this article? What questions does Yong raise about this issue? What positions do people take on these questions? (7-9 sent.)
The event related to animal rights that motivate Ed Yong to write this article is the Great Ape Project. The Great Ape Project was established in 1993 and requests a basic set of moral and legal rights for great apes. The questions that were raised by Yong about this issue are why can’t all nonhuman animals that feel pain have rights. Another question Yong has is what would be the credible reason not to …show more content…
It is clear from the article that Hiasl’s fate depends on how we define “person.” Can Hiasl be declared a person with rights? Answer the following questions and be prepared to discuss your thoughts: (short answer below)
Hiasel can be declared a person with rights because he has a home, a life, and feelings. Hiasel goes through everything a person goes through he has to eat, drink, have company, have a home, and be shown …show more content…
The qualities Hiasl has that would make us call him something else are, his ability to cause damage to more than just a person, he has the strength to destroy whatever gets in his way, and he is a wild animal.
3. Is Hiasl a person?
Hiasl could be considered a person but we have to remember that he is still a wild animal.
4. What should we do about Hiasl?
We should give Hiasl the respect we would give a person. Giving Hiasl respect would show him care but, we should still keep him in his own habitat in case anything goes wrong with his mindset of humans.
5. Does Hiasl’s pligt have potential as an appeal to pathos? Why?
Hiasl’s pligt has an appeal to pathos because he is struggling to be treated with more respect and being legally declared a person. There is research proving that animals feel pain and go through depression.
6. Does Yong use it for this purpose? Explain.
Yong uses the emotional appeal for this purpose by explaining the situation Hiasl is in with his living standards. Yong uses pathos in the article to make the reader feel sympathetic towards the argument or