1. Counterargument on “All animals are Equal” by Peter Singer Felicia Atkinson PHI103: Informal Logic (ACL1512D) Instructor: Kelly Mink

2. Should all human and non-humans be Equal? Transcript Counter argument on all animals are equal by Peter Singer In his article Peter Singer basically claim that all nonhuman animals and non human lives should be given the same respect is all human lives that everyone should be equal and that no one should be hope to be treated any differently. one of the things that Peter Singer does support is that if you believe in equality then you believe that no matter race species gender or sexual orientation would be treated the same. Of course this my can become a little difficult and become a little sticky when speaking about species. All species are not the same so to compare them all in one way to say they should all be treated the same would be a very broad statement I'm being a certain species being that certain species like animals, reptiles, and humans, all have different traits physically, mentally and emotionally. Some people do you find it hard to give the same respect as a human for example in an article called kindergarten children's perception of animal focusing on the look of fear and animals by Kubiatko Milan there is a study finding out if children are able to sit and label these animals good or bad and to see if they understand and grasp the look of fear on an animal this study alone to determine whether or not children can't understand which animals are good animals in bad animals sets a tone that every species will not be the same and they should not be treated the same because eventually and they do not act the same in the study some children did indicate that the reason they spoke about certain animals like a spider or a shark, the reason they did speak about the spider and the shark is because these non human lives are able to eat people and bite. So when considering whether or not humans should be treated the same as nonhumans it is very hard to say that they should be treated the same because the behavior is not the same we would not expect and humid to go on a beach and eat a group of people or one person however this is something that we can expect from a shark and that we must be careful about. Singer does bring up in his article is that any living thing that can feel suffering and pain should actually be treated as equal as something else that can fill that same suffering and pain. At some point you do have to think of the suffering in the pain in outside of physical behavior and also apply it emotionally for example as something like a shark which is not a human species may not feel that much pain and suffering from the loss of another human or shark life, whereas this would not effect a shark. We do know this is not something that would go across all animals of course we know they are dogs and cats that have been proven to have some type of emotional attachment to others and other living things. In an article the science of animal suffering by Marian Dawkins, there was a study done to determine when and what animals may need. Dawkins says by discovering what animals dislike or find sufficiently unpleasant that they will work to escape from them or avoid them in the future, we can recognize when animals are in one of the negative states we call suffering (Dawkins, 2008). Although the this is a good thought, this cannot be guaranteed because if we treat animals as humans we assume that they all have different dislikes and the dangers in not knowing what each animal can tolerate is still there. Running into an animal in the wild, I would assume would be just as alarming. In an article titled "human attitudes towards animals in relation to species similarity to humans: a multivariate approach" by Sarah Batt, noted human attitudes towards animals are becoming of increasing importance in the areas of conservative and welfare (Batt, 2012).

3. References: Batt, S. (2009) Human attitudes towards animals in relation to species similarity to humans: a multivariate approach. Bioscience Horizons: The National Undergraduate Research Journal, 2(2) 180-190. Retrieved from http:// eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail/detail?sid=1ba6ob54-1271-485c-88e5-78 ed9386ef83%40sessionmgr1110&vid=0&hid=114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=a9h&AN=453050 07 Dawkins, M. (2008) The Science of Animal Suffering. Ethology, 114(10), 937-945. Retrieved from http:// eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail/detail?sid=a2eb7514-d0bf-4399-88d9- 0450f5ee55b0%40sessionmgr110&vid=0&hid=114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=aph&AN=34464520 Kubiatko, M.(2012) Kindergarten Children's Perception of Animals Focusing on the Look and Fear of Animals. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice. Autumn Supplement, 12, 3181-3186. Retrieved from http:// eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail/detail?sid=2678cc9c-b878-4d3a-a8d0- b16079f33f83%40sessionmgr110&vid=0&hid=114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU %3d#db=aph&AN=84771578