In the op-ed piece “A Change of Heart about Animals”, Jeremy Rifkin emphasizes the similarities between humans and animals by providing results on scientific research studies to illustrate that humans should be more empathetic towards animals. In addition, he further explains how research results have changed the ways humans perceived animals and indicates solutions that were taken by other countries and organizations to help improve and protect animal rights. Rifkin provides examples that demonstrate animals have emotions, conceptual abilities, self awareness, and a sense of individualism just like humans. For example, Pigs crave for affection and get depressed easily when isolated, two birds Betty and Abel have tool making skills, Koko
There has been a lifetime of examples like this from other pets that show that, although not verbal, animals can and do communicate and act with autonomy in profound and meaningful ways, which raises’ the question of the moral implications of domesticating or caging
Jeremy Rifkin, the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington D.C and author of “A Change of Heart About Animals” (2003), argues in this article that animals are much more like humans than we thought and that we should expand our empathy to our fellow creatures. Rifkin develops his thesis by comparing the similarities between humans and animals. An example of this is in paragraph 11 when he claims that animals show a sense of their own mortality and the mortality of their kin just like humans do. He supports this claim by giving an example of elephants standing next to their dead children for days after they have passed. The author gives that example of the elephants in order to make the reader understands just how aware these
In “A Change of Heart about Animals,” Jeremy Rifkin says “many of our fellow creatures are more like us than we had ever imagined.” By doing so, Rifkin tries to appeal to human emotions through the use of pathos, in order to reflect our current viewpoint to match his opinion. Although animals have cognitive abilities and emotions similar to humans, I have to disagree on the basis that we should not change the way that we normally treat animals because of survival of the fittest and that human lives should be put over animals’. Despite the fact that it seems inhumane to treat animals poorly, it is actually beneficial to the lives of people. Rifkin raises questions such as, “So what does all of this portend for the way we treat our fellow
Pets have a unique place in the owner’s hearts and homes and if anything happened to your pet you would be devastated. Suppose your pet disappeared at the animal park and could ask a Greek god or goddess to help. Greek gods and goddess have very different abilities which lead them to have a better authority over assured situations. In this circumstance there are multitude of gods and goddess that could help.
They are more like us than we imagined…” these words written by Jeremy Rifkin in his article “A Change of Heart about Animals,” emphasize that like us humans, animals feel pain as well. Equivalently, Rifkin insists on the point that we need to change our ways in which we treat animals or in other words limit ourselves to a certain level of fair treatment with them. Alike us, they feel pain and suffer in many ways in cause of our actions towards them and it is not fair for an animal to be attacked this way by us humans when they as well are living their own lives and are already trying to survive themselves. In support of this, I am with Jeremy Rifkin and agree that our actions towards animals need either a change or limit. Researchers have found that animals feel pain, suffer, experience stress, affection, excitement and even love.
Initially, the authors argue that the domestication of animals must be prohibited as it violates the basic rights of animals and raises moral questions. One right that animals must obtain is the right not to be property. When animals are a property they are mistreated and not protected. Despite the laws that governments such as the US and UK established towards animals, they only seem to be effective when a conflict arises between the owner and the animal. Furthermore, the
In Jeremy Rifkin’s article, “A Change of Heart about Animals”, proves his statement that many of our fellow creatures also “feel pain, suffer and experience stress, affection, excitement and even love..”. I agree that animals share similar feelings as us, and I believe that they should be treated in a way that they can feel comfortable and care in their surroundings. Just because animals may not be completely the same as us, that should not give the right to a human to mistreat and abuse of an animal’s life. Animals can be well treated and cared for without giving them the right to be treated as a human.
On a normal day in ancient Egypt, an Egyptian could be found sometime during the day kneeling in front of a statue or altar, lighting incense and praying to their gods and goddesses. One of them being a feline goddess called Bastet along with many other feline gods and goddesses. The ancient Egyptians held felines in high regards and cared for them greatly. Felines were not always praised and holy creatures; after the cats helped them with their rodents and snake problems the felines became more welcome and wanted.
Also in the 1800’s people started to not like the idea of putting animals in harm ways, and either did Great Britain. In 1876 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Cruelty to Animals Act (“History”). This law set limits to how animals where to be treated. This act lay out that if researchers treated animals with cruelty they would be prosecuted. Also set a Creed that all people that were to keep using animal in studies had to have a license.
Ancient Egyptian literature is a fascinating point of study because it reveals so much of Egyptian society that is lost to us if we only care to analyze and extrapolate from what limited amount was left behind. It remains incredibly difficult to keep track of what was factual about the society and what was merely fiction, whether it be exaggerations in propagandistic texts or purely fantastical ideas, because so much of what was written down by the Egyptians has been lost to the environmental circumstances that make it so hard for papyrus to be preserved. Fortunately, through the efforts of Egyptologists and archaeologists put together, excerpts of texts from ostraca, papyri, and scribal writing tablets have been pieced together to recreate the literature that scholars today can learn history from. In this essay, I shall be discussing the tale The Eloquent Peasant and analyzing it further in order to better understand its literary form and genres, its credibility as an accurate source and commentary of Egyptian history, politics, and social justice, how its contents compares to other texts, and its effectiveness in presenting and criticizing the Egyptian political system.
The ancient Egyptians believed that people and nature are ruled by powerful gods. As Taylor says in his book “Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt”, the Egyptians believed that the universe consisted of three types of beings: the gods, the living, and the dead. Egyptians connected everything happening in their life in terms of relationship between
Old reference about friendships between man and domestic animals exist in 1500 B. C. In history, it is well known that dogs were treated as and considered kings and gods. Evidence can be found in Ethiopia, ruins of Pompeii, or the old tombs of Egypt. Other references regarding canines can be seen in the Bible and the Roman history. American Indian pottery, along with French and British tapestry can be considered proof.
The relationship between humans and horses throughout history has consistently followed the same types of patterns. Some people see horses as sweet companions to bond with, while others see them as work animals. However, the one idea that needs to be grasped by every person is that horses need proper training. My argument is that horses need to be taught manners based on how horses naturally establish a pecking order in a herd. This type of training is called “Natural Horsemanship”.
This essay will discuss the origin of Ancient Egyptian Mythology and its impact of the social aspects of Egyptian life, while also showing how it is historically significant. Ancient Egyptian Mythology had a significant impact on the way the Egyptians thought and lived. Their religion and culture was all based on the belief of the mythology. Thus the social aspects of the ancient Egyptians lives were greatly influenced by this. Due to trade with the Egyptians some of their ideas spread to many other countries and even today the Egyptian ties can still be felt, thus making their mythology and how it impacted the social aspects of their lives historically significant.
