On January 2015‚ a report came out saying that over the past three years‚ on average every year‚ there were one thousand nine hundred animal cruelty cases (Statistic Brain Research Institute). Of those reported cases‚ nine percent were from animal fighting. Dog fighting is a major moral issue across the nation. Dog fighting is the act of forcing dogs to fight to the death in a pit or box for the enjoyment of their owners and the public. The argument against dog fighting could be argued through the
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greatest of sins. I think that this view can be very easily related to modern society. People are striving for equality of some kind--equality of races‚ sexes etc. People try to eliminate racism‚ sexism‚ lookism‚ ableism‚ and ageism. Even the word speciesism starts to appear in modern dictionaries of Politically Correct language. The society in "Harrison Bergeron" succeeded in eliminating these
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(Haugen 28). Opponents of animal rights claim that humans are inherently superior to animals. This view is otherwise known as speciesism (Hurley 25). If this is the case then those same opponents are okay with racism and sexism. All three of these go hand in hand. Racism believing one’s race is superior to another’s and sexism believing one’s sex is superior to another’s. Speciesism has the same concept stating the one’s species‚ as in Homo sapiens‚ is superior to that of another’s‚ as in animals. As Haugen
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All Animals Are Equal* PETER SINGER In recent years a number of oppressed groups have campaigned vigorously for equality. The classic instance is the Black Liberation movement‚ which demands an end to the prejudice and discrimination that has made blacks second-class citizens. The immediate appeal of the black liberation movement and its initial‚ if limited‚ success made it a model for other oppressed groups to follow. We became familiar with liberation movements for Spanish-Americans‚ gay people
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that the pain that animals may experience is equal to the pain that humans experience. Therefore‚ if we choose to experiment only on humans‚ we are stating that our own species is more valuable than the non-human species. This is what he labels Speciesism . He admits that the average human may be worthy of greater moral consideration than the average non-human animal‚ but that there are human beings that are non-rational‚ for example‚ comatose patients or orphans or infants. Therefore‚ since there
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Environmental Ethics Gaia Hypothesis (eco-holism) James Lovelock argues that we are part of planet earth and not masters of it. He argued for the existence of ’Gaia’ - a living system which controls the earth and keeps everything constant. Lovelock says that Gaia keeps the planet at a constant state of management. Lovelock says we shouldn’t be anthropocentric (focussing solely on ourselves) but biocentric‚ and says that Gaia restores balance to the imbalance caused by humans. The earth is‚ Lovelock
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“Animal Rights” Sociology 110 Matthew A. Cornblith Coleman University May 14th‚ 2015 There has been an ongoing debate on the rights of animals. Animal rights seek to guarantee animals with a sense of entitlement. Some people tend to oppose animal rights stating that animals are inferior to human beings and should be used by to meet human needs. In this manner‚ animals are not exempt from captivity and maltreatment. On the other hand‚ supporters of animal rights argue that animals have a right
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or "morally correct" state of nature. Singer claims that we should give the same respect to all lives of non-human animals as we give to the lives of humans. Singer also claims that animals‚ human and non-human‚ are equal. Singer defines speciesism as a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of one’s own species and against those members of other species. Singer gives three claims against this claim. Singer claims that equality is based on equal consideration. Singer states
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THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Department of Social Sciences GED 1015 Animal Rights: Science‚ Sentience and Speciesism Semester two‚ 2012/13 Time of lecture: Monday (9:30am to 11:20am) Venue: B4-LP-07 Instructor: Dr. Francis MOK (莫家棟) Email: fktmok@ied.edu.hk Office: D4-1/F-01 I. Course descriptions: In this course‚ we aim at providing students the conceptual tools and resources by which they can investigate and reflect on the relationship between human
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Written Reflection 1 - Puppies‚ Pigs‚ and People Fred’s situation involves inflicting pain and mutilations upon puppies in order to regain his gustatory experience of chocolate. He was involved with torture and extraction of cocoamone from puppies for his temporary sense of pleasure which disgusted the public. However‚ Fred defended his actions through stating that he is not a sadist but simply because his gustatory pleasure was more important than the lives of mere sentient beings. His actions are
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