Summary Of A Change Of Heart About Animals By Jeremy Rifkin

Animals by Simon Rich is an outstanding short story which takes a unique perspective on the everyday life in a classroom. The story is written from the point of view of a hamster who spends his tortured life entrapped in a cage. From the first point in this story, it is clear that the purpose of the writing is not to understand the hamster, but rather to analyze the different actions of the people, and to discover that how they act towards the hamsters reflects on their character. It is curious to view the everyday interactions of people through a different set of eyes, that is done by humanizing the narrator’s perspective. Based on the actions of the many people and the treatment of the class pet, the author suggests that human nature is very much a product of the financial circumstances a person is subjected to.

In the article “A Change of Heart About Animals”, Rifkin asserts that humans are treating animals in the most atrocious way, and he claims that in order for their lives to improve, we need to definitely adjust ours. He uses great amount of logos, and several experiments done with different animals and tries his best to closely relate animals to us, humans. Rifkin although, never inserts a call for action to this problem throughout his article. Instead, he puts the emphasis on the pathos of the argument. In the world we are living in today, there is about 8.7 million different living species. Whether they are land or marine animals, they do play a big role in our community such as being apart of the food pyramid, assisting handicapped people wherever they go, or being a transportation for people living on farms and fields. With this being said, the ranking of animals in our community has brought up a heated argument in connection to their rights and welfare. Eight legged, four legged, or two legged land or sea animals do not comprehend the concept of rights. If we, humans, give animals “rights”, we are basically inferring the fact that we are like animals, and they have the entitlement to share our rights. Although they don’t understand rights, the fact that many of these animals are being treated inhumanely is wrong and animal welfare should be ingrained into this community rather than the massive inhumane treatment.

In Chapter two of Moral, Believing Animals Christian Smith argues that human beings are moral animals because they are strong self-evaluators who inhabit morally based orders. In the next chapter, smith adds that humans are moral animals because they also believe. This ability to believe and act morally allows humans to stray away from our instinctive minds. In other words, it is apart of what makes us human. Smith finds that this way of viewing humans provides a better account of human religiousness. Religion is the manifestation of our capacity to be self-conscious. Smith uses Narrative morality writing to help explain his views on religion and human beings, which allow us to recognize our true moral capacity.

Furthermore, Rifkin discusses the cognitive abilities of animals, by informing us that learning is passed on from parent to offspring. Rifkin says that most animals engaged all kind of learning, Rifkin in paragraph 15 wants to make us get in our emotions and he says, “So what does all of this portend for the way we treat our fellow creatures?” Rifkin believes that a lot of animals are in the most inhumane

In the article “A Change of Heart about Animals” Jeremy Rifkin uses scientific evidence to reason with us that “many of our fellow creatures are more like us than we had ever imagined”. Rifkin suggests that animals should be treated better and be provided with better living conditions. He uses Betty and Koko as examples that animals have higher intellectual abilities and emotions than we thought. Many scientists also argued that animals do not have an understanding of death or capable of grief, but Rifkin counteracts that argument by using elephants as evidence to show that they are capable of grief.

In the article titled “A Change of Heart about Animals”, by Jeremy Rifkin, it talks about how us humans need to have a different perspective on how animals are treated and have more empathy for them. I however, disagree with Rifkin. It is essential to recognize that in nature, animals kill each other for food and have no sympathy for whatever it is that they are eating.With this said, why should killing,eating,and animal experimentation be any different or inhumane?

In A Change of Heart about Animals, Jeremy Rifkin says us humans should take to consideration that animals are more like us than we imagined. I’m of two minds about Rifkin’s claim that animals are just like us. On the one hand, I agree that animals should be treated with the same respect as us. On the other hand, I’m not sure if animals are able to develop a promiscuous combination of ideas such as reasoning and conscience.

To begin, I dissagree with the David Wilkerson because I think that you should rescue wild animals. In this story I am going to state my reasoning about why I do not support David Wilkerson's oppinion and I am going to state his oppinion against mine. You will find that both of ours are completely different. Yet I am mostly going to explain my oppinion.

Michael Pollan argues the traditional approaches to animal rights and welfare, as well as the environment that the animals live in, are unacceptable. He addresses the issues and gives his own feedback and opinions about the topic and what he thinks the overall outcome should be. A large portion of the article is spent with ideas running through Pollan's mind and he is trying to gather enough information to realize if the process is correct or not. First, Pollan explains what's wrong with industrial farming. Pollan states that beef cattle are used to standing ankle deep in their own waste, as well as eating corn which they can't digest. Chickens get their beaks snipped off and are placed in cages that are entirely too small. Pigs are taken away from their

In other words, Rifkin believes we need to stop abusing animals and start thinking how animals feel. Animals feel love, Experience stress. Everyone needs to realize we need to stop mistreating animals and come to the fact that they feel what we do.

To the editor of “A change of heart about animals” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2003: thank you for the well-written article by Jeremy Rifkin on animal emotions and cognitive abilities. Animal emotions are, indeed, important. When watching the full documentary last week on Koko, the gorilla who can, do sign language, and understand several thousand English words made me eager to write you. I agree with your statement that animals are more like us than we imagine in your opening sentence. We do need to respect animals around us because we take them for granted lots of times.

Thank you Jeremey Rifkin for strongly supporting the animal rights cause, Rifkin proves that animals indeed act much like humans and deserve to be treated more humanly. By providing proven scientific facts, Rifkin was able to take one into the mind and inner emotions of an animal. For example, as he was talking about elephants mourning for their loss, one was really able to connect to such negative feelings even if not having experienced a tremendous loss in life.

Nature portrays the beauty of art. Jane Goodall, an 83 year old primatologist, composed an argumentative essay titled, “From Hope for Animals and Their World.” With her use of diction she emphasizes that American burying beetles should be rescued from various inconsiderate actions of some humans. Goodall became influenced from her first experiences with chimpanzees. After this she began questioning nature throughout her life and discovered her aspiration in life.

When Animals Mourn Barbara J. King, talks about how human beings should get more involved with how animal’s emotions really function. King's article talks about how animals show sorrow and mourn for their lost companions, mates, or friends. She researches the latest scientific evidence about grief in domestic and wild animals, and argues that grief aids in the survival of a species. She covers all the important topics about how animal mourn. King’s main idea in the article of When Animals Mourn is, "When an animal feels love for another, she will go out of her way to be near to, and positively interact with, the loved one, for reasons that may include but also go beyond such survival-based purposes as foraging, predator defense, mating, and

How is otherness depicted in a postcolonial landscape? In both Animal’s People by Indra Sinha and “The Hunt” by Mahasweta Devi the main characters are characterized by their otherness, which is defined by their respective animal like qualities. Although “The Hunt” is a short story and Animal’s People is a long novel, the similarities between the two main characters and their narratives are extensive. Some of these commonalities come from the authors, both Sinha and Devi are Indian, giving them plenty of background for their fictional stories set in postcolonial India. Indra Sinha’s character, Animal, in Animal’s People is unique in his observations of postcolonial India and the Bhopal disaster because of his distinctive four-footed stature.