Letter to the Editor In “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ Jeremy Rifkin says that animals are more like us than we imagined and that we should treat them the same way we treat humans. Although Rifkin’s background is impressive‚ and he is probably very knowledgeable about economic trends in Washington DC‚ there is little evidence provided that he has much expertise in the areas of animal emotions and their cognitive abilities. I feel that Rifkin’s argument is weakly supported by irrelevant
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Angeles Times‚ Jeremy Rifkin claims animals have the same understanding and concept of emotions we humans have‚ and that we should treat them as our equals. This idea of his is absurd‚ and if you really look at it you can see‚ he is just another animal rights activist trying to get his voice heard. Rifkin has claimed that animals feel the same emotions we do‚ either good or bad. He said “they feel pain‚ suffer‚ and experience stress‚ affection‚ excitement‚ and even love….” (Rifkin pg.33Parag.2)
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The author of “A Change of Heart about Animals‚” Jeremy Rifkin‚ claims that animals should have better treatment. Rifkin rhetorically changes one’s view on this subject without the consent of the reader. Rifkin begins by showing the animals’ human qualities‚ then giving a counter statement to common objections‚ and finally ends it by utilizing negative language. Rifkin’s expressive strategy is to note the similarities between animals and humans. Rifkin mentions Koko‚ a 300-pound gorilla. Koko was able
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right or wrong‚ but how do you which one is truly right? Facts and proven statements are what makes you decide on the one if more accurate then just having a person say what they think. On an article titled “A Change of Heart About Animals‚” by Jeremy Rifkin has information on how animals‚ “are more like us than we ever imagined.” I disagree. I strongly believe humans are and will always be the dominant species and animals shouldn’t ever be on the same level with us‚ animals are inferior to us and
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Your newspaper published an editorial “A Change of Heart about Animals” September 1‚ 2003 by Jeremy Rifkin‚ author and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends‚ in which Rifkin suggests that the center of the human experience is about extending concern to wider and wider realms to the species we share the world with (34). He implies throughout the article that animals like us‚ feel pain‚ experience stress‚ affection‚ excitement‚ and even love (33) . He claims that animals should be treated
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Dear Editor‚ After reading the article A Change of Heart about Animals by Jeremy Rifkin . I conclude that Rifkin is really interested in the way animals feel and the research that proves animals are just like humans . He is persuading us to think that animals are just like us by giving lots of examples of animals having emotions just like humans do. There is also lots of science that leads me to believe animals are just like us. Like the studies researchers have done on pigs‚ they need attention
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Jeremy Rifkin expresses his knowledge on how animals are compared to humans in his article “A change of heart about animals.” Rifkin argues that science has shown that the differences between animals and humans are less than we think. I agree that animals are very similar if not close to being on the same level as humans. Most people would assume that animals are very different from us; this could be due to the inabilities we think we have to communicate with animals. Jeremy Rifkin states‚ “The
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“A Change of Heart about Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin. This article talks about how animals are so much like us. Jeremy Rifkin asserted in his September fifth letter announcing that creatures were equipped for each feeling an individual was‚ and requesting that all individuals augment a feeling of balance and compassion to living creatures equivalent to that they would give an alternate person. This is clearly preposterous and‚ in the event that you truly make a stride back and take a gander at the
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Jeremy Rifkin is an American writer‚ public speaker‚ and activist who wrote a meaningfully dense article for the Los Angeles Times titled "A Change Of Heart About Animals." His article defends animal rights and disputes many myths regarding animals. Rifkin argues that animals do have a sense of individualism‚ they experience emotions‚ they learn from past experiences‚ and that “They are more like us than we imagined” (). After reading the article‚ I can personally say that I agree with Rifkin‚ albeit
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Dear Editor‚ Jeremy Rifkin exposes in his writing of “A Change of Heart About Animals” that our hearts should be transformed into a bound of compassion for animals and that we should see them with new eyes that envision equality. Although he carries great insights toward his stand‚ many of it is weak and could be easily broken through an argument. Rifkin up raises his view that all animals deserve love and should be comforted‚ but this view alone creates a great discomfort to the hearts
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