Heng 1 Heng Tan Dr. Jeannie Chiu Eng 126 04/11/2019 Ethics in eating animals Ethical considerations towards protection of animals have not been wholly applied in the research fields and the human food chain. The essay focuses on the unethical side of meat consumption and evidence supporting the existence of unethical measures towards animal production and the impact to the environment. There have been several arguments based on environmental disadvantages by consuming red meat and their health impacts like causing different types of cancer (Gruen 2015, p. 17). Another topic that has limited consideration is the ethics of eating animals. Christine Korsgaard is a professor of philosophy at Harvard University and affirms that meat production is inefficient for the growing human population, environmentally harmful and worse for human health (Ethics of Eating Animals 2014, p.3). The seventeenth chapter by Pollan illustrates the unethical side of eating animals by indicating that consumption of meat ‘has become morally problematic, but only for individuals who think about the trouble.” The cultural mainstream has received numerous concerns about the rising vegetarianism and the need for animal rights despite that human have been eating meat for the past thousand years. The suggestion by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals provides substantial reasons as to why humans should doubt eating meat based on our morals and soul (Pollan 2006, p. 307). Additionally, the cultural norm is another suggestion that extends the moral consideration of other species. Pollan (2006) draws information from Descartes who claimed that animals were created as "mere machines that are lacks feeling and thoughts. However, the author goes ahead Heng 2 by providing a moral objection to the statement. Humans tolerate the schizophrenia nature because the life of an animal like a pig has been shifted out of view (p. 307).” Some people are not aware that these animals feel pain and their only consideration is feeding on them contrary to what they do to their dogs during Christmas. The author further draws information from Frank Perdues, John Berger and Peter Singer suggesting that pigs should be treated similarly to other animals just like the dogs (p. 307). To conclude, the fallacy that allows human to kill animals is the concept that they are different from us contrary to the ethical consideration set aside by Pollan. Animal rights activist should brace themselves by raising concerns about the physical pain and emotional stress experienced by animals. Heng 3 References The Ethics of Eating Animals. (2014, March 12). Retrieved from https://green.harvard.edu/news/ethics-eating-animals Gruen, L. (n.d.). Eating animals. Ethics and Animals, 76-104. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511976162.004 Pollan, M. (2006). The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. London, England: Penguin. Please check off and submit: English 126 Editing Sheet 1. Are the titles of books italicized: The Omnivore’s Dilemma? Are the titles of articles, essays, or chapters placed in quotation marks: “The Plant: Corn’s Conquest”? Proofread your titles and check off here:____ 2. Is the bibliography in the following format? _____ Works Cited Gubar, Susan. Race Changes: White Skin, Black Face in York: Oxford UP, 1997. Pollan, Michael. "Farmer in Chief." The New York Times 2008. Proquest Newsstand. Accessed 3 Nov. 2013. American Culture. New Magazine. 9 October Double check that the order of components, punctuation, and indentation all conform to the example above. Ask me if you have a question about how to cite your source.___ 3. Have you incorporated quotes that are connected to your sentences? ____ When Young Goodman Brown calls his wife’s name, he feels as if the forest is mocking his spiritual confusion: “the echoes of the forest mocked him crying, ‘Faith! Faith!’ as if bewildered wretches were seeking her all through the wilderness” (Hawthorne 531). • • • • None of the quotes should be floating on their own. They all must be attached to your sentence (often with a colon :). Take control of the quote by introducing it in you own words and following up with your own words explaining how the quote fits into your argument. Have you started and ended paragraphs NOT with a quote, but with your own words and analysis?____ 4. What is your thesis statement? Is it arguable and specific? With his credibility as a journalist and his humorous yet logical style, Pollan shows how the industrialized food system has pushed us towards unhealthy eating habits. 5. Underline your thesis and the topic sentence of each subsequent paragraph. ____ 6. Have you given a parenthetical citation at the end of all quotes or information in your own words taken from a source? Have you used the author’s lat name or an abbreviated version of the title if there is no author or more than one work by the same author? If you are paraphrasing, make sure to give the source, at least at the end of the paragraph. Example: (Pollan, “Unhappy”) __ 7. Avoid comma splices. The image appeals to pathos because it inspires fear, in addition, it appeals to logos by making people understand how important the issue is. Corrected: The image appeals to pathos because it inspires fear; in addition, it appeals to logos by making people understand how important the issue is. (could also be corrected with a conjunction like “and” or a period to start a new sentence) Write in the following box a comma splice in your paper and how you corrected it. Go back and correct other comma splices in your paper, if applicable. Write “none” if you have no comma splices, and see if you can find another error or sentence to reword. 8. Have you quoted all exact phrases from the text? Ex.: Efficiency is not nearly as valuable as the feeling you get when you look out the window at the red wheelbarrow, glazed with rainwater. Corrected: Efficiency is not nearly as valuable as the feeling you get when you look out the window at the red wheelbarrow, “glazed with rain/water” (Williams 2). Go back and correct any phrases in your paper that should be quoted. 9. Do your pages have page numbers? Number your pages at the bottom or top of the page and check off here: _____ 10. Does your paper have an interesting title? If not, please write one in, and check off here: _____ 11. Is it clear which topic you are doing? If not, please write it in and check:_____If you are doing topic 1, have you addressed rhetoric? If topic 2, do you have two outside sources? If topic 3, have you prepared a meal?____ Please check off and submit: English 126 Editing Sheet 1. Are the titles of books italicized: The Omnivore’s Dilemma? Are the titles of articles, essays, or chapters placed in quotation marks: “The Plant: Corn’s Conquest”? Proofread your titles and check off here:____ 2. Is the bibliography in the following format? _____ Works Cited Gubar, Susan. Race Changes: White Skin, Black Face in York: Oxford UP, 1997. Pollan, Michael. "Farmer in Chief." The New York Times 2008. Proquest Newsstand. Accessed 3 Nov. 2013. American Culture. New Magazine. 9 October Double check that the order of components, punctuation, and indentation all conform to the example above. Ask me if you have a question about how to cite your source.___ 3. Have you incorporated quotes that are connected to your sentences? ____ When Young Goodman Brown calls his wife’s name, he feels as if the forest is mocking his spiritual confusion: “the echoes of the forest mocked him crying, ‘Faith! Faith!’ as if bewildered wretches were seeking her all through the wilderness” (Hawthorne 531). • • • • None of the quotes should be floating on their own. They all must be attached to your sentence (often with a colon :). Take control of the quote by introducing it in you own words and following up with your own words explaining how the quote fits into your argument. Have you started and ended paragraphs NOT with a quote, but with your own words and analysis?____ 4. What is your thesis statement? Is it arguable and specific? With his credibility as a journalist and his humorous yet logical style, Pollan shows how the industrialized food system has pushed us towards unhealthy eating habits. 5. Underline your thesis and the topic sentence of each subsequent paragraph. ____ 6. Have you given a parenthetical citation at the end of all quotes or information in your own words taken from a source? Have you used the author’s lat name or an abbreviated version of the title if there is no author or more than one work by the same author? If you are paraphrasing, make sure to give the source, at least at the end of the paragraph. Example: (Pollan, “Unhappy”) __ 7. Avoid comma splices. The image appeals to pathos because it inspires fear, in addition, it appeals to logos by making people understand how important the issue is. Corrected: The image appeals to pathos because it inspires fear; in addition, it appeals to logos by making people understand how important the issue is. (could also be corrected with a conjunction like “and” or a period to start a new sentence) Write in the following box a comma splice in your paper and how you corrected it. Go back and correct other comma splices in your paper, if applicable. Write “none” if you have no comma splices, and see if you can find another error or sentence to reword. 8. Have you quoted all exact phrases from the text? Ex.: Efficiency is not nearly as valuable as the feeling you get when you look out the window at the red wheelbarrow, glazed with rainwater. Corrected: Efficiency is not nearly as valuable as the feeling you get when you look out the window at the red wheelbarrow, “glazed with rain/water” (Williams 2). Go back and correct any phrases in your paper that should be quoted. 9. Do your pages have page numbers? Number your pages at the bottom or top of the page and check off here: _____ 10. Does your paper have an interesting title? If not, please write one in, and check off here: _____ 11. Is it clear which topic you are doing? If not, please write it in and check:_____If you are doing topic 1, have you addressed rhetoric? If topic 2, do you have two outside sources? If topic 3, have you prepared a meal?____
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