Analysis: What Does It Means To Eat Ethically

What Does it mean to Eat Ethically? When it comes to food everyone has an opinion on what should and what shouldn’t be eaten. Some may believe that eating meat isn’t ethical regardless of what kind of animal it is while others may disagree. What it means to eat ethically is always going to be a debated topic. Is there a right or wrong side? In Blake Hurst, Peter Singer, Jayson Lusk and Amelia Tait, articles they argue whether or not animals should be used for industrial farming; while Singer and Tait share the same opinion that it is incorrect and use logos and ethos to support their views, Hurst and Lusk argue that there is nothing wrong with this practice and use examples and resources to persuade the reader. In Peter Singer’s article

Hurst starts the article by giving a personal story and creates credibility by saying that he has been a farmer for more than 30 years. He is honest which makes the reader understand his point “Farming has always been messy, painful, and bloody and dirty. It still is.” With him saying that he makes the reader understand that regardless the way an animal has been treated the outcome is still messy. Throughout the article, he seems angry and aggressive, which can make the reader more interested or completely uninterested. He makes the reader feel his anger by explaining his frustration with businessmen and other critics that expect him to use techniques that his grandfather used. “He thinks farmers are too stupid to farm sustainably, too cruel to treat their animals well, and too careless to worry about their communities, their health, and their families. I would not presume to criticize his car, or the size of his house, or the way he runs his business. But he is an expert about me, on the strength of one book. ” (Hurst 205.) He draws the reader in by giving in inside feeling of how he feels about critics that don’t necessarily have anything to do with the farming industry and claims that he doesn’t

In her article, she uses descriptive imagery, emotional appeal, and profession’s points of view to build her credibility. She starts off with a personal story, “There is a dying chicken at my feet, desperately struggling to breathe.I can see its crooked feathers slowly rise and fall, and feel my breathing became more labored in response. My heart is pounding.”(Tait) With this story, Tait makes the reader start to picture the poor animal and begin to feel empathy. She uses a very descriptive way so that we could put ourselves in that position and starts seeing a dark and cruel side. She then brings up the point that many people know how much these animals are being mistreated, but still eat them, she says this so that the reader can identify and relate to her and what she’s saying. Tait also brings up people like Paul Bloom psychology professor at Yale and Toni Shephard executive director of the animal advocacy organization Animal Equality. These two are very different and have completely different views on the matter, one would agree with Tait and the other would not. Tait builds her credibility by demonstrating that she did some research and she could back up her argument with facts. She finally tied the bow by ending in a unique way, leaving the author to think. “I watched a chicken die