Arguments For Animal Equality

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Today the world is made up of many groups fighting for the same basic right: equality.Yet, the ones who are unable to voice their opinions or speak their minds are left in the dust and at the whim of others opinions. Millions of animals all around the world are being neglected, tortured, abused, and all for the benefit of the human kind. However, there are individuals and organizations who are determined to make a change for these helpless animals such as: Peta, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Food Empowerment Project, and the list continues. Although, these animal activist groups are breaking boundaries that have never been broken before, there is still an argument for animal cruelty. The fight for animal equality …show more content…
Although, it may be said, humans differ as individuals, there are no differences between the races and sexes as such. From the mere fact that a person is black or a woman we cannot infer anything about that person's intellectual or moral capacities. This, it may be said, is why racism and sexism are wrong. The white racist claims that whites are superior to blacks, but this is false; although there are differences among individuals, some blacks are superior to some whites in all of the capacities and abilities that could be conceivably relevant. The opponent of sexism would say the same: a person's sex is no guide to his or her abilities, and this is why it is unjustifiable to discriminate on the basis of sex (Peter …show more content…
Their view soley rests on the belief that animal testing is breaking barriers for diseases present in humans. The United States Public Health Service released a statement saying “Virtually every medical achievement of the last century has depended directly or indirectly on research with animals,” but the question is--Is improvement for human lives worth the pain and suffering of “inferior” lives? (“Animal Research Finding Cures, Saving Lives”) The answer is yes. A survey of 1000 Swiss voters, revealed a surprising stance on animal testing. When asked if animal testing should be banned, “only 34 per cent of respondents said it should be banned whereas 58 per cent would accept animal testing in such circumstances. There was greater consensus – 70 per cent – regarding approving animal testing for general medical research…” Camille De. Rede). However, though animal testing supporters may stress that there is always an explanation, there is not always a justification for the research. As Peter Singer studied Martin Reite, researcher at the University of Colorado who conducted deprivation experiments, he revealed that “research now feeds off of itself” because “they apparently felt no need to address the basic question of why we should be doing any experiments on maternal
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