1. In his “Fear Factories” article, Matthew Scully builds and supports his case as a conservative cause by saying it is our obligation as human beings to treat these factory animals with decency. It’s not necessarily an issue of whether or not animals have actual rights. He argues and persuades this audience by pointing out the immoral light that will be shined on humans if we continue to ignore the abuses these animals are going through.
2. In Scully’s quote talking about reason and morality in humans in relation to how we treat animals, he is talking about how these qualities should always guide how we treat animals. He says if anything but reason and morality guide us then we aren’t actually doing anything good for the animals or humanity. I agree with him in that we should treat animals with the utmost respect and if that means we should call it being guided by reason and morality, then so be it. The animals just need to be treated fairly and not maliciously.
3. Scully definitely addresses and anticipates arguments that could be presented against him. He says that many feel as though humans are obligated to take care of animals and treat them well; however, the animals themselves are not entitled to distinct rights. He refutes that by saying that this idea is essentially humans talking in circles because having an obligation and giving the animal rights should, in theory, end up with the same result. Scully writes, “Either way, we are required to do and not to do the same things. And either way, somewhere down the logical line, the entitlement would have to arise from a recognition of the inherent dignity of a living creature” (355). He’s pointing out that no matter how one looks at it, the animals need to be taken care of. Something needs to be done about the mistreatments occurring.
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