There are a variety of different views on how animals should be treated and what rights they deserve if any. Some align themselves with the German philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ whose philosophy in regards to animals derives from a very human centric point of view. Kant argues that because non-human animals aren’t rational or self-conscious beings‚ they aren’t ends-in-themselves and as such don’t need to have rights. This may surprise some due to his history of valuing the individual’s life rather than
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our class finished the last of the persuasive speeches. We were persuaded to take certain actions that could benefit our lives or the community around us. The speech that I was assigned to assess was Sam’s speech. His topic was why all division three colleges should have turf fields for out-door sporting events. He had positive techniques that he used in his speech‚ but there were also areas of improvement. First‚ I will begin with the positives of his speech. I was glad that he picked a topic he
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We have evolved from being a weak and foolish species that struggled to obtain any type of animal meat‚ into a species that is now capable of getting meat by simply driving to a nearby grocery store. As the years have passed by humans have assumed the positions as the dominant race on planet Earth. With this authority we are faced with many moral and ethical issues in which we are responsible for discussing with the entire human population. The moral issue we will be focusing on is whether it is
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I am enraged that you slaughtered me and my friends. You cannot use your rage caused by one person‚ Antinous‚ as a reason to strike hundreds of us down. Before you killed me‚ I was trying to tell you that the person incited this whole mess was Antinous. After you killed him‚ there was no need to turn your fury on the rest of us. The worst part is how you did not even intend for us to have means to fight back‚ your idea was to set us up so you could slaughter and torture us and we would have no means
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Emily Davison fought for the rights that exist for women in the UK today. Primarily our right to vote. Our right to democracy. But this right is slowly been salami sliced away by the EU‚ they’re slicing away at everything these great women fought for. We cannot control our own laws‚ our own boarders and are subservient to an unelectable‚ unaccountable‚ male dominated European Commission. The Remain campaign is getting desperate‚ they keep using the adage that our rights will be in jeopardy if we leave
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Persuasive Speech: By Sarah Wooten: You have heard it countless times before. “Pit bulls are heartless monsters!” Or you may have heard the ever famous claim‚ “Pit bulls are killers‚ dangerous‚ and keep your kids away from them!” But there are people like me out there that believe they are not monsters. They are just misunderstood. Training and discipline techniques from a young age are all it takes to have a lovable pit bull that wouldn’t hurt a fly. People seem only to focus on the negative
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Animal Rights Animal Rights Do human beings have any obligations to animals in terms of their treatment? If it is wrong to treat animals cruelly‚ why is it not wrong to eat them? Explain if‚ and how‚ you think humans can find a balance between treating animals ethically while also raising them for food and for other reasons‚ such as the testing of pharmaceuticals. I believe humans have obligations to animals concerning their treatment while under their care‚ not just animals as a pet. For
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Animal testing has been technique that is used for a number of years. It has been used as a way to test things ranging from medicine and vaccines to cosmetics and personal care products. Animal testing has also been used to find cures for certain diseases like Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. This testing technique occurs in many parts of the world from the United States of America to China‚ but has also been banned in a number of places like Europe. Animal testing is harmful to the animals
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minute persuasive speech on a topic of our choice. There were a vast range of topics that were spoken about but‚ Isabella’s speech was really something out of the ordinary. She choose to present her persuasive speech about the safety hazards the tourists who visit our island present. Isabella’s stance was that tourists who come to the island aren’t cautious when they’re driving so they should have special regulations. The criteria that Isabella was required to follow while giving her speech was that
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children that have early access to these technologies. Cyberbullying also includes mean text or messages or email‚ or rumors sent over by the email. Please if you do cyber bullying please stop it because you have no idea what that person is thinking right now and if you put in something harsh like threatening someone you don’t know what day that person has had so please if u have anything rude to say just keep it to yourself. Dont spread rumors about people over the internet if u dont want to have
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