Logic: Peter Singer NAME PHI 103‚ Information Logic Instructor: NAME DATE Logic: Peter Singer An Evaluation of Singer Peter Singer questions our conception of equality as it relates to the human species and other animal species. He fundamentally argues that‚ “The principle of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat humans.” The statement‚ revealing Singer’s essential argument‚ also comprises
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I Robot The opening scene of I‚ Robot shows main character Det. Spooner‚ played by Will Smith as a less than happy fellow. As the alarm wakes him up in the morning‚ Spooners looks at himself in the mirror without any expression of joy. The audience is able to tell that Spooner has a complex personality and carries some baggage. In the background you hear "superstitious" playing as a mean to present Spooner as a superstitious man. I think that this movie causes the audience to question if there is
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Throughout the course of history‚ humans have always considered themselves to be a superior species. In her TED talk‚ Goodall also emphasized a lack of respect for chimpanzees. Humans have deforested many habitats for their own use and have taken up other resources that should have been shared equally among all the different types of animals around the world. Goodall mentioins that chimpanzees in particular have been treated very unfairly. If only huans realized the many similarities that they shared
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The African Origins of Humanity We are originally children of Africa with no Neanderthals or island-dwelling "hobbits" in our family tree. The first humans migrated out of Africa into Asia probably between 2 million and 1.8 million years ago. Then they entered Europe some time later‚ between 1.5 million and 1 million years. The modern humans’ species populated many parts of the world much later. For example‚ the first people came to Australia probably in the past 60‚000 years and to the Americas
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The order of Primates is comprised of an estimated 230-270 species‚ however‚ new species are being discovered every year and some scientists classify them using sub-specie groups‚ which makes it difficult to count an exact number of primate species in existence today. Most primates are found in tropical or subtropical regions of the world‚ but have never existed in Australia or most of the islands of the Pacific. Most primates are arboreal‚ meaning that they live in trees. Humans and gorillas are
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Humans are an extremely curious animal and are always trying to discover what capabilities other animals possess‚ whether the capabilities are the same or entirely different than humans the curiosity still exists. Human beings study and observe animals in the hopes of learning more about them‚ and sometimes in hopes of learning more about human beings of now or human beings of the past. People often study non-human primates just to compare their levels and types of intelligence to that of humans
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“Reflection of Eden‚ My Years with Orangutans of Borneo” is one of famous book who Dr Birute Mary Galdikas Filomena as the author through her experienced where she observed and demonstrate their dynamic social behavior start young until their get older to be a loner. 97% human in the sense orangutans share of their genes with us (Dr. Birute Galdikas‚ 2012). Galdikas is a modern primatology‚ nature conservation‚ etiology specialist and the third of “Leakey’s Angel” where inspire to Jane Goodall’s
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SHOULD ENDANGERED SPECIES CHIMPS USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSE? Along the years‚ chimps are the most used animal in world of science apart from other animals such as rabbits‚ mice and guinea pig for research purpose. In recent years‚ the general public‚ lawmakers and scientists have expressed increasing discomfort over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research. Today it would be considered morally unacceptable to carry out many of the experiments that were done on them in the recent past. Some
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Over the ages‚ scientists have wondered if there is an unexplored land that time had left behind. Amazing creatures that can only be found in museums might be living in the remote jungles or hidden on an undiscovered island. In The Lost World‚ Michael Crichton puts this question into fiction. Richard Levine‚ an irritating paleontologist suggests that dinosaurs may be alive somewhere. Ian Malcolm‚ one of the few survivors off of Isla Nublar‚ harshly denies his theory. However‚ when dinosaur specimens
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Does technology influence our humanity? As technology becomes a bigger part of our every day life‚ more people are questioning it’s influences on our humanity. There are many factors to consider when looking at this question‚ beginning with‚ “who is affecting whom?” Are we changing our technology to fit our ideas on humanity‚ or is our humanity changing the way we influence technology? We also need to look at the meaning of the words technology and humanity to understand the question fully
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