due today in 11 hours…. value claim summary….. read directions……
this assignment is due in 11 hours….. must have done in 11 hours…… no late work…..
This is a value claim summary. Pick topic from list after the outline below. use attachment as example
Use the outline below:
1 Claim
A value statement that something is morally right or morally wrong, fair or unfair, humane or inhumane, just or unjust, and so on. Why this is a genuinely controversial topic.
2 Support 1
Reason why people should agree with you. Evidence that supports your reason.
3 Support 2
Reason why people should agree with you. Evidence that supports your reason.
4 Opposing View
Reason why people disagree with you. How you will refute.
5 Source 1
The source of your evidence. Why this source is relevant and reliable.
6 Source 2
The source of your evidence. Why this source is relevant and reliable.
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Choose one topic from the following:
- Animal Testing
- Book Banning
- Childhood Obesity
- Corporal Punishment
- Death Penalty
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Digital Rights Management
- Disability Rights
- Drinking Age
- Employment Drug Testing
- Euthanasia
- Factory Farming
- Felon Voting
- Freedom of Speech
- Freedom of the Press
- Gun Control
- Immigration
- Minimum Wage
- National Anthem Protests
- Performance Enhancing Drugs
- Police Brutality/Defund the Police
- Puppy Mills
- Racial Profiling
- Same Sex Adoption
- School Uniforms
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Teens and Plastic Surgery
- Transgender Rights
- Universal Health Care
- Vaccines
Animal Testing
Claim: Animal Testing is inhumane and unethical. These animals have no right, and no say to
what they want or don’t want. They suffer pain from exposure to heavy and harsh chemicals that
I know no human would like to experience or even bare, so why should we test these animals
just for our benefit. Scientists expose them to a variety of chemicals that they don’t even know
what can happen. Therefore this topic is considered to be controversial considering that animal
testing is done in laboratories.
Support 1: Animal testing is inhumane because many of the animals that scientists use for their
experiments are primates. Also include cats, dogs, rats, mice, rabbits, pigs, horses, birds,
amphibians, and guinea pigs. If you have seen movies that show they do animal testing, you can
see how they have the animals locked up in cages and isolated the same things happen in reality.
These animals experience physical pain, deprivation, and emotional distress. Some animals are
cut open, poisoned, burned, irradiated by gasses, or shocked for human benefits.
Support 2: Each animal goes through a different experiment. For example, rabbits are tested to
make sure some makeup products are not harmful. These experiments on the rabbits are
inhumane because if the chemical used ended up being dangerous, then the rabbits’ eyes
deteriorate, making their eyes red, leading to infection. There are different alternatives that
people can do to prevent animal testing. I’ve seen makeup products that are not tested on
animals, which people should be investing in.
Opposing View: Many people have different views on animal testing. The main reason some
people are for animal testing is that they are beneficial to people. Animal testing has helped with
vaccines, medications, transplant procedures, beauty products, and many more things. But still,
these animals should not be suffering for our benefits. We can invest in companies that can help
with many of these things, especially beauty products.
Source 1: https://www.navs.org/the-issues/the-cruelty-and-waste-of-
vivisection/#.X17An5NKg1J
This source is reliable because it gave a piece of background information that was helpful on
why animal testing is inhumane.
Source 2: https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animal-testing-101/
This relevant because it gave information on how animal testing is used and then provided a
source on how to prevent animal testing.
The first paragraph states the
topic and your position on the
topic.
The second paragraph
contains the first reason why
people
should agree with you.
The third paragraph contains
the second reason why people
should agree with you.
The fourth paragraph refutes
the opposing view.
The last two paragraphs
explain the evidence.