Animal Liberation Analysis- Peter Singer
Animal Liberation Analysis
Singer is analyzing/ reviewing “Animals, Me and Morals.” He is against the exploitation of animals or nonhumans. Currently we are discriminating against animals just because we “CANNOT” tell that they are in pain. We have animals undergo these horrible experiments for the sake of science just because they are beneath us in every way. Singer uses both pathos and logos to get the reader’s attention. Singer wrote an overall good analysis because he did have authoritative evidence, and he did state both the arguments and the counterarguments, though he did rely too much on emotion. Singer also makes two major points which are communication and pain.
Singer did well in bringing in the experts. In bringing them up he not only added credibility to his essay, but he also got your attention. By getting your attention I mean that people always look when you see an expert anywhere. People stop to listen to them think about it and then judge them. Singer brings in Jeremy Bentham, he is a moral philosopher. Bentham says “The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” When he uses Bentham he ensnares your attention and you can’t wait to see what he thinks. Singer then brings in Michael Peters saying “…basic signals we use to convey pain, fear, sexual arousal, and so on are not specific to our species.” Those two quotes show that we are no different in showing pain than non- humans, therefore bringing up a valid point.
Singer also relates to the people who prefer hard core facts. He comes up with documentation of what happens during the experiments. He also has other experts for example how he brings in Chomsky. Chomsky is a professor of Linguistics and the author of “Language and Mind”. Another specialists Singer brings in is Jane Goodall. She studies chimpanzees and she points out that we have the same forms of physical/ nonlinguistic communication with apes. She says that we “a cheering pat on the back, an
Singer is analyzing/ reviewing “Animals, Me and Morals.” He is against the exploitation of animals or nonhumans. Currently we are discriminating against animals just because we “CANNOT” tell that they are in pain. We have animals undergo these horrible experiments for the sake of science just because they are beneath us in every way. Singer uses both pathos and logos to get the reader’s attention. Singer wrote an overall good analysis because he did have authoritative evidence, and he did state both the arguments and the counterarguments, though he did rely too much on emotion. Singer also makes two major points which are communication and pain.
Singer did well in bringing in the experts. In bringing them up he not only added credibility to his essay, but he also got your attention. By getting your attention I mean that people always look when you see an expert anywhere. People stop to listen to them think about it and then judge them. Singer brings in Jeremy Bentham, he is a moral philosopher. Bentham says “The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” When he uses Bentham he ensnares your attention and you can’t wait to see what he thinks. Singer then brings in Michael Peters saying “…basic signals we use to convey pain, fear, sexual arousal, and so on are not specific to our species.” Those two quotes show that we are no different in showing pain than non- humans, therefore bringing up a valid point.
Singer also relates to the people who prefer hard core facts. He comes up with documentation of what happens during the experiments. He also has other experts for example how he brings in Chomsky. Chomsky is a professor of Linguistics and the author of “Language and Mind”. Another specialists Singer brings in is Jane Goodall. She studies chimpanzees and she points out that we have the same forms of physical/ nonlinguistic communication with apes. She says that we “a cheering pat on the back, an