animal liberation

Read Animal Liberation by Peter Singer in 50 Essays and write a 2-paragraph Graff template post.

the general argument made by singer in his work, "Animal Liberation," is that animals should have equal rights as humans do. More specifically singer argues that animals shouldn't be disregarded when it comes to suffering (in animal testing) because they don't speak english, commujnicate as we do, and have a lower IQ than humans do. He writes that, "behavioral signs and knowledge of the animals biological similarity to ourselves together provide adequate evidence that animals to suffer." In this passage Singer is suggesting that we can tell by the actions of animals (that are similar to our own) and see that animals are suffering because no words are needed. In conclusion, Singers belief is that animals do suffer and shoud be given equal right to humans.

In my view Singer is right becausewords are ot the only awy to let someone know that you're in pain. More spedcifically i believe that language is a tool in letting otghers be aware of ones suffering, but behavioral sogns are a bigger clue. For example, young children (and babies), do not often use words to show that they are in pain, but we know tat they are because of the noises they make and the cringing and anguished actions they exhibit. Although Singer may object that other people may say that animal suffering is less than human suffering, I maintain that this is not so. Therefore i conclude that animals and humans sufer and feel pain in th same way.