`` Animal Liberation `` By Richard Ryder - 1642 Words

To start with, The term Animal Rights did not emerge until the late 1970 s, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. In Particular, Richard Ryder, a British Psychologist, expressed his boldest ideas, but in order to get his word out around the world he needed assistance from one of the top Australian philosophers, Peter Singer. Singer published numerous of notable books such as Animal liberation which described in vivid detail, the grueling agony animals had to suffer. In fact, Pete Singer got his inspiration for his book Animal liberation from his view on utilitarianism, the belief that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people and animals. Indeed, the phrase Animal Rights first surfaced in the 1970†¦show more content†¦Bentham disputed that infants and the disabled should be treated such as animals because infants and the disabled are weak and defenseless like most animals. In the third place, the 19th century had an outburst of people who w ere interested in animal protection. The 19th century produced multiple laws, groups, and acts such as the Martins act, an act which focused on the treatment of horses noted Author Debbie Legge and Editor Simon Brooman in their book Law Relating to Animals2 (p12), and instituted groups whose purpose was preventing cruelty to animals. The groups sent men to inspect markets, slaughter houses and livestock reproduced by the Animal Legal and Historical Center 3, In fact, the most recognized organization for animals that was apart of the elite group that sent out inspectors was named the SPCA or more formally know as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. To begin with, 100 million animals are experimented on and tortured every year according to PETA, an animal organization. In today s society, people are taught from a young age that some animals are ranked higher than other. To illustrate, the typical house mouse would be looked as being disgusting and gross while a dog would be seen as adorable and pleasant. animals are seen as if they do not have rights, today s society