KNOW (Evaluation)
SHAWNTIL COTTON
POST UNIVERSITY
William Crain wrote the articleAnimal suffering:Learning not to care and not to know.William Crain, a professor of psychology at the City College of New York, has written a controversial book, a clear polemic against mistreatment of animals.In his mid-30s, Mr. Crain became a vegetarian. He knew little, then, about the horror of meat animals on factory farms. In the article headdresses the issue that humans have created inraising their children and the process of killing animals for meat. The topic of killing animals, even for food, is always in debate and have been for years even decades. It becomes veryevidentthat evenat a young age that children have hada stronglove for animals. In a specific 1999 study performed by Psychologist David Foulkes, it was found that kids under the age of seven tend to dream about animals, in one way or another.Theauthor reflects on the issue of animal welfare in the U.S. He discusses various issues that demonstrate that Americans did not show any concern about animals including the survey that revealed that only few Americans followed a vegetarian diet for the reason of animal welfare. He believes that it is possible to have a rise in animal consciousness if majority of American adults are provided with information about animal sufferings.( William Crain)Theauthorwanted to inform the readers about the constant battle for animal rights. The constant abuse and neglect of animals and how they are being ignored. The author is also putting the information out there in hopes that the people would wake up and realize just how much animals are entitled to their right as humans. He also want theproblemat hand to be noticed and something to be did about the issue. It is also aphilosophyanimportant one for animal rights.
William Crain wrote the article Animal suffering Learn not to care and not to know. William is not an expert at Animal Rights he is actually an expert in child behavior not Animal Rights. The article was wrote June 1,2009. The evidence from the article is not reliable today. It can be with better control on Animal Farms, then the situation will be less severe today. The presentation of the of the article on the purpose and the main point shows that the main point of the artcle was to help inform citizens that are sleeping on the fact that animals are indeed suffering from many different ways of harming them for self-satisfaction. But, at the same time the article is not showing much interest in animals it discuss more of the aspect from a child’s view point. With social media the knowledge of animal suffering is much higher now than
ever before. Raising processing and selling of meat products is a large part of our economy. Animals are feed grain products which is also a large part of our economy and culture.Due to the ages of these children, according to the author ( Crain, William) these decisions are highly irrational, but require parents to set aside hours of their time to talk to their kids about not being a vegetarian. Animals and people struggle every day to live among each other in peace together, and young children dream of a harmless world.There is not enough research on how children react to decisions made by adults with respect to animals. growing up and living life allows for children to enter into the transformation from being a caring child and wanting to help the situation at hand to a detached adult who does not care about the fact that animals have suffered in order for them to have their source of protein. This transformation is crucial to understand due to the practices and lifestyles followed by the human race. a study was conducted to determine the average amount of understanding that adults on the issues that factory farms encounter. The study conducted by Psychologist DavidFoulkes showed that an extreme majority had nonexistent knowledge of factory farms and their problems. Despite this being an informal survey, it is evident that adults focus too much on the problems at hand then those that will affect the livelihood of the animals.
Reference Page
Crain, William. “W I LLI A M . C R A I N Animal Feelings: Learning Not to Care and Not to Know.”WHOLE.N.p., 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 23 July 2017.
“My Visit to Renee in Washington DC.”William Crain – William’s Studio Gallery.N.p.,n.d.Web. 23 July 2017.
Crain, William C. “Amazon.com: Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications (6th Edition) (9780205810468): William Crain: Books.”Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & More.N.p.,n.d.Web. 23 July 2017.
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