“Animal Rights and Ethics” Gary Grey Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Stacey Hiles March 21‚ 2011 Is it ethical for animals to have the same rights as humans? During this paper I will present the views of both sides. I will try my best to give the reader a chance to come to there own unbiased conclusion. I will talk about the key areas of animal ethics. I will present the facts and reasoning behind the arguments over Animal cruelty‚ testing‚ hunting‚ and improper housing. My
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The use of animals to test human drugs and cosmetic products and to conduct pointless laboratory experiments is unconventional. Humans and animals are similar‚ but they are not identical‚ so using animals to test products intended for humans does not make sense. Each year millions of animals are killed or badly maimed in laboratory experiments. Animal testings must be banned. The tests are usually proven to be ineffective‚ they waste tremendous amounts of money‚ the tests are cruel‚ and there are
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Another point about the negative effects of pesticides is that they harm animals and have some extreme impacts on their health and the survival of the species. In a journal on how the use of pesticides endangers wildlife and the environment‚ prominent author‚ investigative journalist‚ and science reporter Sonia Shah explains that seemingly benign levels of pesticides impair immune function in wildlife‚ leading to outbreaks of disease. In recent die-offs‚ millions of amphibians‚ bees‚ and bats died
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Behavior modification is based on the principles of operant conditioning‚ which were developed by American behaviorist B.F. Skinner. In his research‚ he put a rat in a cage later known as the Skinner Box‚ in which the rat could receive a food pellet by pressing on a bar. The food reward acted as a reinforcement by strengthening the rat’s bar-pressing behavior. Skinner studied how the rat’s behavior changed in response to differing patterns of reinforcement. By studying the way the rats operated on
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Kills In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Benjamin‚ a soft-spoken donkey‚ finds his once peaceful home transformed into a tyrannical dictatorship led by a power-hungry pig named Napoleon. Because of Benjamin’s reserved nature‚ he ultimately was able to lead Animal Farm into its oppression. Benjamin’s silence‚ his ability to follow without question‚ and his inability to share his wisdom with the other animals turned him into one of the main contributors to the tyrannical behavior that occurred and the loss
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asked themselves what would be the cause of these vicious behaviors being reported from many zoos across the globe‚ the answer being the harsh environment zoo animals are surrounded by. Many people are not aware of the harsh treatment the animals endure. Zoos‚ circuses‚ and famous attractions like SeaWorld do not offer the best of circumstances for their animals. These uncomfortable conditions may be the cause of the hundreds of violent behaviors being reported by zoos around the world. Of course‚ most
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Did you know that most of our medicine today has come from animals? I am in favor of animal testing because of this so we can get faster results from them because of their short lives‚ they reproduce faster than us so they won’t hurt the population as much‚ and the Bible tells us that we can. Animal testing is the best thing we can do. Human testing is inhumane because it is sometimes painful and can possibly kill someone. Imagine how you would feel if a loved one was tested on and died. Would you
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Plant/Animal Comparison On this planet‚ there are many types of organisms. Many of these are plants and animals. Organisms must have certain essential systems in order to survive. However‚ how these systems uphold their structure between plants and animals is very diverse—even different animals have different structural systems‚ varying on the species quite greatly. Structural Systems The structural system of an animal is made of bones‚ quite commonly. It also may be made of cartilage‚ the material
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The Torturing of Animals Every year there are hundreds of thousands of pets being abused and this must to come to an end. I myself love animals and I would never try to hurt my pets. People take advantage of animals and try to make money off of them by making them fight. In reality‚ this is a type of abuse and it is illegal. There are many different types of abuse that must be stopped. Although animal abuse occurs all over the world with all sorts of animals and people it can and must be put
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spends $14 billion out of their $31 billion annual budget on animal researching(Humane Society International; Conlee; US National Institutes of Health). Animal testing has become a very controversial topic to discuss. Experimenting on animals is cruel because even though there are alternative ways to test people still believe that testing on the animals is a better way to do things. Acts of cruelty against the animals‚ and the fact that animals are different from humans seem to be big issues in the controversy
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