Heather Rise SPC 205-W06 June 8‚ 2013 Animal Research General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: As a result of my speech‚ my audience will be able to explain the diversity in animal research. Central Idea: Even after looking at all the facts involved in animal research‚ it is still hard to know right from wrong. Introduction I. Have you ever wondered how the procedures for heart surgery were developed? II. Animal research‚ using dogs‚ led to this life-saving surgery
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Environmental Ethics: Singer vs Regan Environmental ethics is defined: as a part of philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the nonhuman world (Wikipedia). For example‚ this includes the preservation of plants and an increase of animal rights. Peter Singer and Tom Regan both argue that animals need a greater voice than their own in the debate of ethical treatment. Despite their very different philosophical views‚ Singer and Regan want
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following in detail Do you agree with the use of the animals in experiments? Why or why not? Fully explain your response. Points to consider in your response: The purpose of the study The type of study (observational‚ medical‚ etc) The type of animals being used The use of animals in experiments can be extremely helpful in understanding humans. Animals have similar physiology‚ genetics‚ similar learning and emotional processes as humans. I believe animal experiments are necessary in order to advance
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All animals are equal‚ but some animals are more equal than others” How does George Orwell show this statement to be true in his novel Animal Farm? Orwell shows the readers in his text‚ Animal Farm‚ an idea of inequality between the animals in many different ways. Some examples are through change over time‚ power and through the pigs and their role of education. One way Orwell shows inequality in his text Animal Farm is through change over time. It is shown in the beginning of the novel that
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Human Use of Animals: Summary and Critique Charles Hall Ivy Bridge College In his interviews with both The Open University and The Colbert Report‚ Dr. Peter Singer discusses the unethical human use of animals. Most of his claims are highly controversial and are not taken well by most people. Human Use of Animals: Summary and Critique The use of animals in modern civilization has been a controversial subject for the past few decades. Author and Philosopher Peter Singer has made his standpoint
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Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian moral philosopher who was born in 1946‚ one of his main goals is to end world poverty by donating to charities and convincing others to do the same‚ and he believes that affluent people should donate all disposable income to charity. Nel Noddings is an American philosopher born in 1929‚ and her view on ethics focuses on a natural sense of caring and a flexibility of principles‚ she rejects Singer’s argument saying that we have obligations to those around
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audience to be the public‚ especially people who owns the animal events and people who see the animals at these events. Though‚ they don’t exactly specify the audience‚ it is clear because these are the people that need persuading. In the sources‚ it is clear they are biased. In source 1‚ “The Use of Animals in Entertainment” it states‚” So‚ next time you are thinking of visiting facilities that hold wild animals in captivity‚ or you see wild animals being used for tourism shows‚ make sure the facility
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rodeos. Seeing animals held captive for human amusement was a part of our lives and we have never questioned that. But is such an approach justified? It is the fact that animals have been and will continue to be used in entertainment often to the detriment of their life and health. First of all‚ it is widely claimed that animals used in television programmes‚ advertisements and films are very appealing and attract large audiences. However‚ except for a few situations‚ most animals are taken out of
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Animal Testing Animal testing (also known as animal experimentation or animal research) is the use of non-human animal models for research and development by academic institutes and commercial pharmaceutical companies. At this very moment‚ there are millions of animals being kept behind cages in solitude‚ waiting to be sacrificed in the name of science or industry. With the sharp rise in the use of animals in research‚ it has become an open debate as to whether or not we have an intrinsic right
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Peter Singer’s animal liberation views on animal rights are wrong and he doesn’t quite get it like William Baxter. William Baxter has a more realistic view on animal rights where Peter Singer is trying to get an impossible utopia that will never exist. Peter Signers views on animal rights are that we should collectively understand that the pain of another species is no different than the pain of ours as we discussed in class. We‚ like many other animals feel both pain and pleasure‚ and are capable
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