SWA#8

SWA#8

                Answering questions 2 and 3

                2. By this statement, Scully means to say that morality and reason set us apart from animals however; we do not treat animals with good morals or principle. Instead he says that because we think of ourselves as superior to animals, it gives us the right to treat them cruelly and then eat them. Basically he says our reasoning is “we do this because we can.” I disagree with this statement and the whole essay. Why? This essay is descriptor towards animals that we eat and can see suffering in. These animals are pigs; cows, dogs, or any other domestic animal that’s pain is visible. However he does not bring up how humans kill thousands of animals with deforestation or that you swat a fly every day. If all animals truly deserved to be treated equal then why are the ones that we have as pets and the ones we eat the only animals that seemingly exist in Scully’s mind?

3. Scully argues this point very well. He does not say that animals have as much rights as humans. He only states that animals have the right to not be treated poorly. He also makes this not into a political issue, but a moral one. By this, he is appealing to both political parties. He brings up how Liveshot.com was outlawed because not only animal rights activists considered it to be wrong, but also gun rights activists. He also criticizes religious conservatives on the 3^rd paragraph of page 362 saying that they are hypocrites saying that animals are secondary even though they believe in stewardship.