Animals have their own rights like humans and we must respect that and give them the same respect that we give to each other. Animals deserve to have the same basic rights as humans. All humans are considered equal and ethical principles and legal statutes should protect the rights of animals to live according to their own nature and to remain free from exploitation. This article will argue that animals deserve to have the same rights as humans and therefore we do not have the right to kill them or harm them in any way. The premises are: animals are living things, so they are valuable sentient beings, animals feel just like humans, and animals feel pain, so animal suffering is bad. 2 sources I will use for my research are “The Fight for Animal Rights” by Jamie Aronson, an article that presents an argument for animal rights. He also discusses the counterargument: opponents of animal rights argue that animals are less valuable than humans and, therefore, do not deserve rights. I will also use “Animal Liberation” by Peter Singer. This book shows many aspects; that all animals are equal is the first argument or why the ethical principle on which human equality is based also requires us to give equal consideration to animals. The biocentric, life-centered worldview focuses on the importance of and considers all living things. things have intrinsic value. I will focus mainly on the ideas of Peter Singer, explaining that animals share the same moral status as human beings and therefore it is unethical for people to kill and eat them. In “All Animals Are Equal,” Peter Singer acknowledges that there are differences between humans and other species. As it ...... middle of paper ...... it seems to many of us. As I explained above, I think it is important to practice and encourage vegetarianism for ethical, ecological and healing reasons, but not obligated to do so. Otherwise, it is considered unethical and unhealing. I think the biocentric worldview is fairer than the dominant worldview because it seems like their reasoning is much more unbiased in that it's not right for humans to cause unnecessary pain and suffering of the part of the animal, even if humans are at the center.BibliographyAronson, Jamie "Point: The fight for animal rights." Points of view: Animal rights (2007): 5. Points of view reference center. EBSCO. Internet. April 7, 2010. Getman, Liz. “Ethics: food and animal rights”. ITHACA. Ed. April 7, 2010< http://www.ithaca.edu/icview/2999/>Singer, Peter. Animal liberation. New York, NY: The New York Review of Books, 1975.