Animals: What Rights? Our world today endures several environmental issues such as global warming and the greenhouse effect. We all know that these are hazardous to the ozone layer of the earth’s atmosphere. We‚ humans are also exploiting the earth’s resources. These issues have been a major concern for all the nations as it directly affects each individual and the biodiversity of environment. World-wide consciousness has made it possible for us to decrease the affects of these problems by equally
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Animal Rights versus Human Rights Currently‚ the state of California is going through a severe drought. Almost all of California is in this state of drought‚ with 70% suffering from an “extreme” case of drought. Farmers have very little water for their crops‚ and their methods for getting more water are being blocked. A bill proposing that water be diverted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to provide the much needed water for drought-ridden farms was shot down because it would potentially
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A deontological ethical system is one that is concerned solely with the inherent nature of the act being judged. If an act is inherently good‚ then even if it results in bad consequences‚ it is still considered a good act. Teleological systems judge the consequences of an act. An act might look bad‚ but if it results in good consequences‚ then it can be defined as good under a teleological system. Ethical formalism is a deontological system because the important determinant for judging whether
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Everyone has a right‚ we human begins have a right. So why shouldn’t animal have their rights? Human beings are no different from other animals‚ with no divine or elevated nature which makes us distinct. Human beings are ethically bound not to use other animals for their own selfish purpose. If human beings are no different from other animals‚ then like all other animals is it our nature to kill any other animal which serves the purposes of our survival and well-being‚ for that is the way of all
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tropical forests. Tropical forests are known to be home of various animal species. Therefore‚ when tropical forests cover decrease so will the population of animals that depend on the forests for food and shelter. Despite the fact that clearing of tropical forests increases land for farming so as to meet food demand for the growing population‚ the arguments of deontological ethical theory would disagree. According to deontological ethical theory‚ human beings are morally obligated to act according
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Animals just like humans are a subject of life and therefore this brings about the issue of them having rights too. And having being a subject of life can be justified by them having as much high levels of complexity as humans and therefore much time is needed for one to study them and to get to understand a whole lot of things about them. This is to say getting to know what their preferences are and what they dislike. Animals are aware of their existence and are therefore conscious and make conscious
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Zhu 1 Xiru Zhu Professor Andrews Class: Enl28 Date: 1/29/14 The Impact from Families and Communities Family‚ culture‚ and community are essential foundations of our lives. People are influenced greatly by their families and communities. Our parents heavily impact us from our formative years since all of our time is spent with them. We are impressionable in our youth and spending
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being. Kant describes a rational being as an adult who maintains all mental proficiencies and has the ability to make “rational decisions‚” without external influences. This states that children‚ women giving birth‚ people with mental disabilities‚ animals‚ plants‚ and any other being deemed irrational are all not considered by Kant. This is problematic since it leaves a window of opportunity for anyone to be able to judge on what rational is. We may also encounter situations where certain individuals
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illegal. The US Supreme Court has ruled on multiple cases defending women’s rights to choose to have an abortion. Deontological Ethics says that the only thing good in itself is a good will‚ this idea allows women who choose to have an abortion if it’s for the one’s moral duty and not her inclinations. Roe v. Wade was a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court on the issue of abortion because the Court ruled 7–2 that a right
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difference bewtween deontological and teleogical theories is that teleogical theories are the outcome of your actions and deontological is the actions that you perform. Teleological theories are what the consequence or outcome of what your actions do and Kant thinks that this is wrong and that we should act deontologically and act out of duty‚ not out of compassion. He believes that we should do something‚ because we have to‚ not out of compassion or if we think its morally wrong or right‚ we should just
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