feminist‚ appropriately dressed in red‚ with very anti-male ideals. She is the Gloria Steinem of the woods. This is most evident when the wood chopper person (log-fuel technician rushes to save her from being eaten by the wolf. She exclaims‚ “Sexist! Speciesist! How dare you assume that womyn and wolves can’t solve their own problems without a man’s help” (Garner‚ 1994‚ p.4). It is clear that LRRH is not going to succumb to the traditional perception of the meek‚ helpless woman. She is‚ however‚ willing
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The image this essay will consider is a sculpture titled “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” by the artist‚ Jeff Koons. The work is a life-sized porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson in an extravagant costume with the chimpanzee Jackson named “Bubbles” seated on his lap in a matching costume. The image of Jackson and the chimp rest on a small raised dais and flowers are strewn around them on the dais. The sculpture was produced in 1988 and comes from a series of sculptures involving images and figures
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live‚ work‚ and eat‚ and in this relationship both of our species have exploded in populations and prominence. While such population explosions come with their problems‚ the numbers don’t lie. I refuse to see all animals as equals. Call me a speciesist all you like. Livestock raised for our plate are not on the same emotional‚ societal‚ or cultural plane as dogs. Certainly not to me‚ or to our history as co-dependent species. If you have the audacity to compare my working dogs to my edible livestock
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René Descartes‚ a famous philosopher‚ once argued that‚ “animals are not sentient- they are machines‚ like mechanical clocks‚ devoid of feelings and incapable of experiencing pleasure or pain” (Vaughn). Today‚ unlike Descartes‚ most people believe that animals are intrinsically or instrumentally valuable‚ also‚ whether they have or deserve any rights. Defining what cruelty is has been very subjective. To some people. An animal is just property and they can beat it around as much as they want‚ to
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However‚ he realizes that‚ even though the only difference between the two is that one is a member of our species and the other is not‚ the animal would be the preferred choice for research purposes. This bias is what Singer refers to as being a speciesist. Speciesism is defined by him as a‚ “prejudice or attitude of bias favour of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species” (Page 6‚ All Animals are Equal). To better understand speciesism as defined
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The Undeniable suffering of farm animals The view of the treatment of animals in our society is certainly impaired. We are behind a veil of ignorance because we have no idea what is truly going on in farms and labs. At such a young age we are inclined to eat meat by our parents‚ so as we grow up eating meat becomes a habit for us and we don’t stop to realize about how and where the meat came from. The media rarely portrays the brutality and cruelty of animals‚ so there really is no way for people
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toward the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species”(204). Singer compares the speciesists with racists in order to emphasize that like racists who “give greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race”(206)‚ the speciesists “give greater weight to the interests of members of their species”(206). Then Singer resonates with Bentham’s statement on the
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THE CAVE Timothy Eves May 13‚ 1989: I sat in a cave‚ one of a multitude of prisoners. For dinner‚ as for so many other meals‚ we were served steak. Tendrils of steam rose from our plates like beckoning fingers. The aroma penetrated our nostrils; our mouths watered. We took a bite: the meat was so tender that it practically melted on our tongues. We groaned with pleasure. Where the meat came from we didn’t know—and didn’t care. We simply reveled in the flavor‚ the texture‚ the juice dribbling down
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species‚ solely because it is a member of your species. Singer’s has a utilitarian argument that prevents eating meat. His argument for not eating meat‚ his claim that animal experimentation is immoral‚ is based on his claim that these practices are speciesist. Singer’s Utilitarianism does give some sense of moral equality between humans and animals. He felt that animals have identical interests that are equally morally important as humans and that they must be treated with equal concern. Singer says:
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UNIT 2 – Religion and Life Issues. TOPIC 1 – RELIGION AND ANIMAL RIGHTS. Glossary Telos – End purpose (Aristotelian idea). Hierarchy of being - The idea of an ascending order of beings in the universe‚ inanimate matterplantsanimals with rational human beings at the top. Anthropocentric – Human centred. Speciesism – Discrimination in favour of one species‚ usually the human species‚ over another‚ especially in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans. Sentient – Able to feel
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