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Hi, need to submit a 2000 words paper on the topic Critical Commentary on Artical Related to Philosophical Bioethics by Peter Singer.

Hi, need to submit a 2000 words paper on the topic Critical Commentary on Artical Related to Philosophical Bioethics by Peter Singer. The purpose of the article is first elaborated and then the line of argument taken by the author and the examples referred to are analyzed. Peter Singer’s article is a defense of the post-modern school of thought that considers the equality of the entire species as opposed to the preferential treatment of humans over animals.

The Enlightenment era saw the evolution of human thought and its consequent emphasis on the rights of all humans though it was much later that women and blacks were treated equally with men and whites. The fact that humanists like Peter Singer advocate the equality of animals along with that of humans represents the next step in the evolution of our thought processes to include the concepts of justice and equality to the other members of the species as well.

The purpose of the article is to examine the concept of equality of humans and non-humans (animals). The author compares the conditions for equality and puts forward his points about why certain categories of humans are deemed to be superior to others and why animals are treated differently from humans. The author examines the issue from multiple perspectives of different philosophers and puts forward his own hypotheses regarding the same. Though the article might look like it is a defense of equality among humans, the main thesis of the article is about the reasons for considering the equality of animals along with humans.

The author’s purpose in writing the article seems to be motivated by a desire to put his viewpoint on the issue of equality of human life and animal life. The author’s contention goes beyond the normal reasoning about the dignity of life as such and the author examines the position of the equality of humans inter alia with that of animals. As the author states in his introduction, his position that the equality movements that currently campaign for equality among different categories of humans should be extended to the members of other species as well.

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