Singer starts out with a metaphor that centers on a woman in South America. The woman sells a child to an adoption agency thinking that the child has a better future there‚ but she soon finds out that the child will die because of her (Singer 60). She decides against returning the money and claiming the child again because she just used the money to purchase a new entertainment system (Singer 60). Singer uses this story for two reasons‚ to tug at those
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Animal Experimentation Animal experimentation is the use of non-human animals in experiments. Millions of animals are used annually in laboratories to test in household products‚ medicine‚ make up‚ food additives‚ weaponry‚ and psychological experiments. Animal experimentation began with the Greeks in the third and fourth century BC with their curiosity of human bodily functions. Aristotle and Erasistratus were one of the first people to use animals for experiments. Galen‚ was Greek physician‚ was
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Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ animal research‚ and in vivo testing‚ is the use of non-human animals in experiments (although some research about animals involves only natural behaviors or pure observation‚ such as a mouse running a maze or field studies of chimp troops). The research is conducted inside universities‚ medical schools‚ pharmaceutical companies‚ farms‚ defense establishments‚ and commercial facilities that provide animal-testing services to industry.[1] It includes
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Peter Singer asserts that utilitarianism implies a moral obligation to be a vegetarian. Utilitarianism holds that the right actions‚ or what we ought to do‚ are those actions that are expected to produce the best overall consequences‚ provide maximum utility‚ happiness or pleasure and minimize pain and suffering. Utilitarians look at the probable consequences of choices and choose their actions based on whatever they believe will produce the most utility or pleasure. Singer claims that if one is
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Animal Experimentation has Alternatives Every day around the world‚ animals are fighting for their lives. They are being mutilated and confined to tiny cages so we can use them. They are being burned‚ blinded‚ poisoned‚ and cut up alive just for science. They are electrocuted and strangled just so people can wear makeup. The fact that animal testing can be done in other ways makes this suffering pointless. Scientists should use alternative testing instead of harming animals. Animals are abused
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Logic: Peter Singer NAME PHI 103‚ Information Logic Instructor: NAME DATE Logic: Peter Singer An Evaluation of Singer Peter Singer questions our conception of equality as it relates to the human species and other animal species. He fundamentally argues that‚ “The principle of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat humans.” The statement‚ revealing Singer’s essential argument‚ also comprises
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Lexis Sandoval Professor Fish PHIL 110 12 May 2024 Renowned ethicist Peter Singer makes a strong case for moral obligation to reduce life-threatening poverty on a global scale. He bases his entire argument on a straightforward but fundamental principle: if we can stop something horrible from happening without giving up anything equally important from a moral standpoint‚ we ought to do so. Singer claims that this principle is generally applicable‚ overcoming emotional and physical barriers as well
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Professor T. Edwards The Singer Solution to World Poverty In the Singer solution‚ Peter Singer talks about how it is wrong to live in luxury and watch someone else struggle for the basic things to survive. He argues that instead of going out spending money on necessities‚ help someone. He also tries to prove a point where as if you have something valuable to you‚ would you risk savings? Or would you help an innocent person in need? With this study I agree with Singer‚ because in reality no necessity
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self enjoyment: concert tickets‚ iPhones‚ Jordans‚ Pizza ? If you answered “yes” to any of the above‚ then Peter Singer‚ utilitarian moral philosopher‚ would equate your actions to letting “a runaway train hurtle towards an unsuspecting child” (Singer 4). Though the prospect of not donating our extra funds to charities sounds selfish and egocentric. We are not monsters. In a sense‚ Singer is correct. Currently‚ every person who lives in an affluent country has the ability to donate to charity.
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There are many arguments of whether or not animal experimentation is ethical. Animal experimentation is necessary for research of medicine. However‚ it is not ethical when it comes to entertainment and education purposes. Humans are not benefiting in any way when it comes to putting animals in zoos‚ using them in circuses‚ and dissecting them in high schools. Many animal rights activists may argue that animal experimentation for medicine research is wrong. I agree that high school students should
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