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
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
Growing up Rodger Fouts didn’t know any other chimpanzee than Curious George. When Fouts entered graduate school he meat a new chimpanzee, Washoe. Fouts was pursuing a life in psychology working with children. He was taking an animals psychology class, and he was taught that animals are mindless creatures; he was soon proven wrong when he meet Washoe. Fouts excepted a graduate assistant
The theory of psychological egoism declares that actions are based on the idea of self-interest. We see that the animals are confined and miserable. The orca whales often engaged in violent behaviors towards other whales and even divers. Whales are often left with fatal cuts on their bodies due to this and human lives were lost in the process as well. These whales would chew on the arms and legs of divers during performances and even after hours.
In the article,¨ A Change of Heart about Animals¨, author Jeremy Rifkin presents to the reader that he believes that animals are similar to humans in many different perspectives. In the article he talks about the emotions of different animals and he gives different examples such as the pigs that support his main claim. He then goes on to explain the cognitive abilities of the animals and starts to explain the thinking process of the animals. He also explains that the people should be more aware about animals and how they are being treated. He is trying to have people have a change of heart in how they view animals, he wishes people to be more aware of what goes on in animals and how they are so much like us, they should be treated and thought
The Hindu religious traditions and practices with regards to the perspective on animals is that nature is sacred, with God and nature being one and the same (Kemmerer p 56). Animals and World Religions by Lisa Kemmerer is a book written about how religions of the world view non human animals. Chapter 2, Hindu Traditions, focuses on the role of non human animals in the Hindu religion. Kemmerer starts out by giving some details about the background of the Hindu religion. Hindu verses or scriptures and traditions date back nearly four thousand years in India (Kemmerer p 56).
Dr. Tom Regan emphasizes that “The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart form their utility to us.” In the article “A Change of Heart about Animals” by Jeremy Rifkin deals with the way we view animals. It also deals with the fact that they are more like us then we want to believe. So, should we be treating animals the way we do? From my point of view I would have to agree with Rifkin on the fact that animals are more like us then we want to believe and on the fact that we should be treating them differently.
Animals and humans share more in common than you think. Although we don't necessarily look the same, we share the same emotions. Including happiness, sadness and many other traits. Other than emotions animals can act similar to humans as well. For example, animals may show that their scared by hiding or running away just like humans.
Studying captive primates can help us learn not only how they behave, but also how they are similar or different to each other and humans as well as give us insight into the effects of captivity. This paper will be describing, comparing, and contrasting the behavior of two species of captive primates at the Alexandria Zoo, golden lion tamarins and howler monkeys, as well as discussing the possible effects captivity could have had on them. This paper will also discuss any human-like behaviors observed in the two primate species and what we as humans could learn about our own behavior by studying primates. The two primates I observed were 1 of 3 golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) all of unknown gender and a solitary female howler
First, in “Monkey in the mirror” it showed a chimpanzee that was placed in front of the mirror. At first the chimpanzee was afraid because he didn’t know what was going on, but slowly he gained self-recognition which humans also have this trait. The reason why it similar for both species is because its shows that we are able to recognize ourselves and how we adapt this environment. If we didn’t have self-recognition, then we wouldn’t have the ability to learn about ourselves. Another example is self-recognition is culture because culture identifies who you are and where you came from.
Olson argues that those animals are just like us, because they do things (e.g. Sitting in our chairs, or talking, or going on holidays) like we do them. Therefore, Olson reasons that it is hard to deny that we are those
In a very simplistic game of fetch, the dog will usually bring the ball back to the human on whichever side their face is on. Based upon another study done, “when dogs are forced to choose between two humans with food, they prefer to beg from a human whose head and eyes are visible and are not covered with either a blindfold or a bucket— something chimpanzees do not do spontaneously.” (Hare and Tomasello, 2005) This is just another instance proving that dogs have and are adapting to human-like social skills. It is very convenient in this article when they compare and contrast the dogs with chimpanzees, it makes the reader genuinely see the differences between the
Robert has a strong connection with humanity and its purity, especially in the aspects of animals and the elements. The imagery of animals throughout the novel is prominent. Robert often draws guidance from animals and in fact, Robert in the story is often described as an animal see in “Robert sat on his haunches” (148) and “Robert saw a white farm with cows in the yard and he thought there cannot be a war” (191).
Interview Interviewer: (laughs) Oh now I understand, there is always a hidden meaning behind your peculiar poetry. The comparison with Caroline Norton’s touching poem ‘The Arabs horseman’s farewell to his animal’ is mentioned in the poem ‘The Abandonment of Autos’.
This type of observation is often flawed due to the fact that nonhuman animals are keenly aware of being watched as it is imperative to their survival. “The study of behavior involves the identification of relations between behavior and events inside or outside the organism which precede, accompany, or follow it” (Hinde,1970 p. 4)). If an observer can keep the previous statement in mind, then the observer can separate the actions of the animal from the animal’s realization of their presence. A naturalistic observer can identify the behavior of the nonhuman animal they are observing as different from when the animal is not being
