writing Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Agrowing number of people feel that animals should not be exploited by peopleand that they should have the same rights as humans, while others argue thathumans must employ animals to satisfy their various needs, including uses forfood and research. Discussboth views and give your opinion. Somepeople may feel it is of a disadvantage for animals to be used by humanswithout any consent, while others may think it is necessary that humans willcontinue using animals to achieve a certain end. I think that both sides ofarguments are reasonable. However, for the purpose of satisfying both beliefsas much as possible, some aspects of the idea should be altered. Theinability of animals to give consent to humans' actions may be a good reasonfor stopping the animal exploitation, but it may be followed by unexpectedfuture consequences as well. It is understandable how some people feel it isunfair for animals to be treated unequally since today many scientificresearches have shown that many animal species can be much more intelligentthan what humans expected. For instance, in one study, a monkey became madafter seeing its partner being awarded with a better kind of fruit forperforming the same task. This shows how animals are aware of the fairness of atreatment. Moreover, if someone was to argue that humans need animals for foodresources, this group of people can respond immediately that vegetarian isstill an option, and if everyone stops eating meat, fake meat made of proteinwould develop rapidly as well. However,if animals were to be set completely free, future consequences should beconsidered as well. To demonstrate, if certain animals without their ownerdestroy humans' properties, then who would be responsible for the action? Thisis due to the fact that even though the awareness of animals may be high to acertain extent, it is still generally lower than humans'. Inaddition, people still need animals to survive and develop many technologieswhich may be useful in a long run. Despite the use of animals in terms of foodindustry, scientists also use animals for researching purposes. Although manypeople would argue that this cause harm to the species, many findings drawnfrom these experiments, when being thought of carefully, give long-term benefitto humans, and also to the world. Furthermore, if animals are not used in theseexperiments, humans would probably have to be involved instead, which may postseven more serious ethical issue. Lastly, nowadays there are ethical guidelineswhich instruct scientists and limit the extent to which animals may be used inlaboratories. Thus, if these guidelines are followed seriously, the experimentshould cause these animals lease harm and most benefit to the societies. To sumup, I personally think that animals should still be exploited. At the sametime, the concerns of the other group of people should be taken intoconsideration as well. This means that if any action could be taken to decreasethe unfairness of animal treatments, then it should be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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