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    Billions of animals are killed by human beings each year. Most of these animals live in filthy, unfavorable conditions and undergo painful procedures before being slaughtered for food or other purposes. The way that these animals are treated would never be considered ethical when applied to humans, even though animals and humans have much in common. Humans should not kill or harm animals purposefully, just as they should not purposefully harm other humans. Based on the theory of utilitarianism-

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    Animal Bill Of Rights

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    Animal Rights For many years there has been an ongoing debate on whether or not animals should be given rights, even there own bill of rights. Some who are against the animal bill of rights argue that testing products on animals is important to the safety of humans. Others who want the new bill of rights claim that animals have feelings and that science is treating them inhumanely. Animal activists also add that animals are intelligent beings and are aware of how they are treated. Based on science

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    “Are the rights reserved for humans and the rights reserved for animals equal in the amount of importance or value?” Peter Singer, a utilitarian, and Tom Regan, a deontologist both believe in animal rights. However, they don’t agree on every single aspect regarding the rights for animals. Singer believes humans and animals both have rights, but they don’t have the equal capacity to feel pleasure or pain. On the other hand, Regan’s views differ. He thinks that the rights for humans and animals are of

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    He claims that animals are not a part and parcel of a society of moral agents that have the capacity to respond to any moral claim. Cohen in his fierce arguments claims that animal experiment is justifiable, and this is a way that would help in reducing pain and sufferings to human beings. According to him, human beings deserve better treatment than other animals. He claims that using animals in the experiments would help in improving the welfare of human

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    In one way or another, animals impact people’s lives. Animals are intertwined with people in a multitude of ways. From the food on the table, the work they provide, the products in stores, or as a companion animals are interwoven into the fabric of everyday life. That is why the subject of what rights animals possess is often discussed and widely disputed. The benefits animals bring along with a clear definition of just what rights animals are entitled to are the main issues of the argument.

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    Do Animals Have Rights Animals are used to test the products that we use in our everyday life. Is it ethical or right to test our products on animals? If animal testing were not used, how would the safety of the products we use be insured? If animals were not used in medical testing, how would researchers come up with new medicines and vaccines? Different people have different opinions about this issue. Arguments abound for both sides. In order to have an organized argument, there must first be

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    Garrett Sargent Paper 5 – Animal Rights and Welfare 11 June 2015 Section 1 Singer is a utilitarian that promotes all animals are equal, however, believes that some animals have different capacities for pain and happiness (text, 119). The latter part of the last statement is used to defend why saving a human is better than saving an animal, and also why a hunter is not equivalent to a murderer. As a utilitarian, Singer believes in maximizing good and is why he is able to claim that it is better

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    talking about animal rights and how they should have the same rights as humans. He says that when you are thinking about the moral status of animals, the question you should ask yourself is not if they can reason or if they can speak. It is can they suffer just as much as humans? Singer says that the ability of animals to feel pain and pleasure makes them just as important as humans. He thinks that humans are “speciesisms” which is where human beings believe they can exploit animals just because they

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    looking for sick and lost animals. You then live the rest of your life away from the ocean and your family at Sea World, where you die a much younger age, watched by many people in a large tank. Animal rights seemed like a subject that I would like to look into because it would help me understand more about laws and how animals are treated now and how they were treated before animal rights. I believe that we should let these animal rights tell us how we should treat animals, so I ask you to ask yourself

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    Animals Deserve Rights Allie Hanscom DE English, Block 3Y Mrs. Johnson March 13th, 2013 Abstract The use of animals for entertainment or gaming constitutes animal cruelty because they are subject to unjust suffering or harm. Animal rights activists are justified in their belief that the use of animals for entertainment or gaming constitutes animal cruelty because it is proven through factual evidence that animals suffer needlessly in the name of entertainment. Animals are victims of violence

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