He does this by basing implications for our disposition towards speciesism in practice (in more general terms, using animals for food), experimenting on animals, whether or not animals can feel pain, the fact that since animals eat each other, why can't we (humans) eat them also, the differences between humans and animals, and finally, he talks about ethics and reciprocity.

Chapter three starts with Singer trying to establish an introduction to the basis of equality. He starts off by introducing various points to help his argument that all humans are equal.

The first topic of discussion regards using animals for food. Singer discusses the fact whether we as humans eat animals out of necessity or luxury. He uses the example of the Eskimo, which kills animals for food and clothing (basically a necessity), however, in industrialized countries, people tend to eat animals solely out of luxury.

Again, Singer uses another example to illustrate how animals are somewhat tortured so that we as humans can be satisfied (one of his examples is how hens (which produce eggs) ar

Another implication by Singer is that if animals eat each other, why can we as humans eat them also? Well, he explains that animals, unlike humans, eat either out of necessity or to make some sort of a point. We as humans however, eat animals out of luxury, we neither have to, nor need to eat animals, but we eat them solely because we want to.

I believe that this is foolish. The fact of whether God had anything to do with humans or animals is completely irrelevant. The fact is that we as humans have greater intellectual abilities than that of animals, and hence are able to take advantage of it.

After reading this part of the chapter, I for one believe that the experimenting on animals is not justified at all, unless the experimenting on humans is also permitted, regardless for whatever purpose.

Singer then discusses the experimentation on animals. He justifies by using many examples, that using animals for experiments, even for the good of mankind is not right. Using the example of how cosmetic companies would drop concentrated solutions of their products into the eyes of rabbits to see its effects (the Draize Test) is just one example. Another example which was brought up was one in which the results would unlikely be used. The US armed forces perfo

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