Table of Contents
- 1 What is the difference between humans and animals with regard to their living condition and sins?
- 2 What does Cohen’s argument imply about the way in which animals ought to be treated in the context of biomedical research?
- 3 Why do animals not have rights according to Cohen?
- 4 What are arguments for animal rights?
What is the difference between humans and animals with regard to their living condition and sins?
Answer: Animals are calm and contented. They never weep over their miserable conditions as humans do. They never worship God and weep for their sins. Human beings are confused, greedy and overambitious while animals are not.
What does Cohen’s argument imply about the way in which animals ought to be treated in the context of biomedical research?
Cohen argues that animals have no rights – a right properly understood is a claim or potential claim, that one party may exercise against another. The differing targets, contents and sources of rights and their inevitable conflict together weave a tangled web.
What is the attitude of the animals towards their condition?
Animals are calm and contented. They never weep over their miserable conditions as humans do. They never worship God and weep for their sins. They don’t suffer from the mania or madness of owning and possessing things.
What is the attitude of the animals towards their sins?
Answer: Their conscience is not clear and so they suffer from nightmares and weep for their sins. Animals, on the other hand, are calm, self-contained and contented. They don’t run after material things other than their food.
Why do animals not have rights according to Cohen?
Cohen argues that animals have no rights – a right properly understood is a claim or potential claim, that one party may exercise against another. Therefore, rights are necessarily human and their possessors are persons, human beings.
What are arguments for animal rights?
Supporters of animal rights believe that animals have an inherent worth—a value completely separate from their usefulness to humans. We believe that every creature with a will to live has a right to live free from pain and suffering.
What do the animals not do with regard to their sins?
Answer : Animals do not weep for their sins because they do not need to do so. They are innocent creatures that commit no sins. It is humans, who weep yet commit sins. Animals lead their life in a simple and pure way so there is no need for them to cry over their misdeeds.