Ethical treatment

Animal Rights Introduction The issue of ethical treatment of animals has been a subject of discussion for many years and among many scholars. It has raised legal issues especially among the animal care specialists and bodies trying to ensure that there is a standard way of treating animals. Whether the animals are pets or are for food later on, there has been a growing need for the ethical treatment of them all. This is an issue that disturbs many Americans, me included since it is unethical

practice of using animals in the development and research process of cosmetic products, medications, or food. According to PETA, more than 100 million animals are killed due to animal testing every year. PETA is the acronym for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; this organization focuses on the well-being of all animals. There are many different experimental methods that could be utilized instead of animal testing. I believe that animal testing is an outdated way of testing products, therefore

people have considered the treatment of animal performances in the circus cruel and unjust. Protesters argue that animals are stripped from their native lands and forced to preform shows, meanwhile being treated harshly and abused by the human circus performers. Tigers, elephants, and other animals are trained and forced to entertain audiences by standing on their heads, jumping through hoops, and doing balance tricks. Spectators have considered this a spiteful treatment of animals, for it is often

penguins sledding downhill to sea on their bellies, giant pandas holding bamboo lollipops or tree porcupines in the Canadian Rockies’’(Ackerman, Diane). Different people think about zoos in different ways. For example, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals better known as the P.E.T.A organization is completely against zoos and believe they should be witnessed in the wild, not in captivity. But, The World Associations of Zoos and Aquariums believes that animals need zoos and aquariums

A Utilitarian View of Prison Labor & Behavioral Impact of Prisoners INTRODUCTION The ethical theory of utilitarianism and the perspective on relativism, of prison labor along with the relativism on criminal behavior of individuals incarcerated are two issues that need to be addressed. Does the utilitarianism of prisoner’s right laws actually protect them? Or are the unethical actions of the international and states right laws exploiting the prison labor? Unethical procedures that impact incarcerated

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being unable to have children. Infertility treatments have become a popular option for these people who cannot have children. These treatments have become popular in books, movies, and other forms which has brought attention to the ethics of the practices. The ethics of these treatments are challenged by the health risks on people seeking treatments and their

Ethical Treatment of Prisoners: A Case Study Introduction There are not many people living in North Alabama who have not heard of Farron Barksdale. Farron Barksdale died in an Alabama prison shortly after transfer from a county jail. Barksdale was mentally ill and found guilty to killing a police officer. I. The Case of Farron Barksdale It was reported by a Huntsville Times reporter, Hollis in 2009 as follows: "Barksdale, 32, who had been treated for mental illness for years, was sent to Kilby

animals, while others are trapped for their furs. Many times people acquire animals for pets, only to neglect or mistreat them. For many years, the ethical treatment of animals has been a very controversial topic for moral discussion, often in reference to an ethical code or rule. In this paper, I will discuss these ethical issues identified with the treatment of animals as well as exploring these issues from a virtual ethicist’s

Ethical Treatment of Prisoners Figure 1 - Parwan Prison in Afghanistan (Wittet, 2010) Introduction The treatment of the prison population in the United States and around the world has reached a significant amount of salience in the press. Part of the reason that prisons and the treatment of prisoners has gain so much attention is there are extreme cases available in which governments have gone so far as to torture inmates in hopes of gaining intelligence information generally in regards