Animal, Vegetable Miserable Analysis
Today’s world is filled with media that aims to influence its viewers. However, not all media is true. Websites and articles try to persuade their viewers that being vegan is what consumers need to do to end animal cruelty. One such article that discusses this matter is Animal, Vegetable, Miserable by Gary Steiner. Steiner claims that meat eaters are self-righteous and commit mass murder against animals (846). However, several articles have proven that Steiner’s claims are false. These articles include: Defense of Eating Meat by Timothy Hsiao, Vegetarian Diets and Bone Status by Katherine Tucker, and Animal Protein Good for Health by Amanda Radke. In addition, the movie Temple Grandin portrays that feedlots have improved the treatment of cattle
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Augustine claims that animals have no fellowship among humans, and that is what makes it okay to kill animals for human consumption. Thomas Aquinas claims that animals lack reasoning and are driven by natural impulses. This is why they are naturally enslaved and exist for humans. These arguments all follow the concept that there is a hierarchy in the world. There is a natural food chain that all living things follow (LaBossiere). Humans are at the top of the food chain because they posses more abstract thought than any other animal. This mindset has been prevalent since ancient …show more content…
His solution to stop the abuse of animals is to swear off the consumption of animal products and their byproducts. However, there is a way to stop making the cattle feel spooked in a feedlot. The famous Temple Grandin has devised a way to help cattle not to feel scared when they are in a feedlot. Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of four. She struggled with receiving any type of human touch. When she was a teenager, she stayed at her aunt and uncle’s ranch located on the west coast. As she observed her surroundings, she noticed the cattle being put into a squeeze shoot. Before getting into the squeeze shoot, the cattle were distraught and anxious. Then when they got into the squeeze shoot, they automatically calmed down. Since Grandin did not like the feeling of human touch, she built her own squeeze machine that she could use to relax just like the cattle
Augustine claims that animals have no fellowship among humans, and that is what makes it okay to kill animals for human consumption. Thomas Aquinas claims that animals lack reasoning and are driven by natural impulses. This is why they are naturally enslaved and exist for humans. These arguments all follow the concept that there is a hierarchy in the world. There is a natural food chain that all living things follow (LaBossiere). Humans are at the top of the food chain because they posses more abstract thought than any other animal. This mindset has been prevalent since ancient …show more content…
His solution to stop the abuse of animals is to swear off the consumption of animal products and their byproducts. However, there is a way to stop making the cattle feel spooked in a feedlot. The famous Temple Grandin has devised a way to help cattle not to feel scared when they are in a feedlot. Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of four. She struggled with receiving any type of human touch. When she was a teenager, she stayed at her aunt and uncle’s ranch located on the west coast. As she observed her surroundings, she noticed the cattle being put into a squeeze shoot. Before getting into the squeeze shoot, the cattle were distraught and anxious. Then when they got into the squeeze shoot, they automatically calmed down. Since Grandin did not like the feeling of human touch, she built her own squeeze machine that she could use to relax just like the cattle