Case Analysis Brea P. Sylvester 14 January 2019 - 1 - [no notes on this page] Case Analysis The association PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) identifies factory faming as the packing of livestock in dirty, lightless sheds and jammed into wire cages, metal enclosures, and other cruel devices where the farm does not let them raise their young, forage around freely, develop nests, or engage in any other natural and important activities (PETA, 2018). A company accused of this practice many times is chief poultry and pork processor Perdue Farms. The economic system serving as the setting for this business is defined mainly by a high and increasing demand from a growing national and global market. Poultry trends reports that global poultry output in 2018 neared 123 million tons, a 1.7% rise from 2017, and expected the developing world to be its key industry driver in a decade (Poultry Trends, 2018). The laws that affect the operations of factory farming differ in every jurisdiction but are commonly conditional on environmental protection. In the United States, the USDA-approved CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) obliges farms to adhere to strict waste disposal requirements devised in line with the Clean Water Act of 1972. The same body also exempts farmers of livestock from 50% of all state animal cruelty law, which entails the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 and Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 (EPA, 2000). Thesis and Ethical Theory Factory farming is morally unjustifiable. The ethical theory that supports this moral position is utilitarianism. Broadly speaking, utilitarianism is a fundamental principle of equality that asserts that everyone’s happiness equally matter. Essentially, its slogan is optimal happiness for everyone regarded. The theory is commonly considered a vital part of the ethical basis for equal rights for all people because it offers people equal deliberation in all dynamics of society (Carnegie Mellon University, 2002). Utilitarianism lends itself to this paper’s moral position when animals get the same equal consideration that the theory originally intended. Meat and other livestock products have been proven many times to be tastier from sources raised in humane, clean, and sustainable environments (Singal, 2016). With the establishment that livestock, and most complex living things including poultry, experience happiness out of their natural liberties to feed, breed, nurture, and interact freely, it makes sense to extend this theoretical principle to animals as well. Premises Factory farming is morally unjustifiable because animals just being a means to man’s ends - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Please review the APA manual for proper formatting. Please double- space text. [Ephraim Janssen] 2. The "One" ethical theory, not "the" ethical theory. (You could come to the same conclusion using another theory.) [Ephrai.

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Brea P. Sylvester
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Case Analysis
The association PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals) identifies factory
faming as the packing of livestock in dirty, lightless sheds and
jammed into wire cages, metal
enclosures, and other cruel devices where the farm does not let
them raise their young, forage
around freely, develop nests, or engage in any other natural and
important activities (PETA, 2018).
A company accused of this practice many times is chief poultry
and pork processor Perdue Farms.
The economic system serving as the setting for this business is
defined mainly by a high and

2. increasing demand from a growing national and global market.
Poultry trends reports that global
poultry output in 2018 neared 123 million tons, a 1.7% rise
from 2017, and expected the developing
world to be its key industry driver in a decade (Poultry Trends,
2018). The laws that affect the
operations of factory farming differ in every jurisdiction but are
commonly conditional on
environmental protection. In the United States, the USDA-
approved CAFO (Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operation) obliges farms to adhere to strict waste
disposal requirements devised in line
with the Clean Water Act of 1972. The same body also exempts
farmers of livestock from 50% of
all state animal cruelty law, which entails the Animal Welfare
Act of 1966 and Humane Methods of
Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 (EPA, 2000).
Thesis and Ethical Theory
Factory farming is morally unjustifiable. The ethical theory that
supports this moral position
is utilitarianism. Broadly speaking, utilitarianism is a
fundamental principle of equality that asserts
that everyone’s happiness equally matter. Essentially, its slogan
is optimal happiness for everyone

3. regarded. The theory is commonly considered a vital part of the
ethical basis for equal rights for all
people because it offers people equal deliberation in all
dynamics of society (Carnegie Mellon
University, 2002). Utilitarianism lends itself to this paper’s
moral position when animals get the
same equal consideration that the theory originally intended.
Meat and other livestock products
have been proven many times to be tastier from sources raised
in humane, clean, and sustainable
environments (Singal, 2016). With the establishment that
livestock, and most complex living things
including poultry, experience happiness out of their natural
liberties to feed, breed, nurture, and
interact freely, it makes sense to extend this theoretical
principle to animals as well.
Premises
Factory farming is morally unjustifiable because animals just
being a means to man’s ends
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1. Please review the APA
manual for proper
formatting. Please double-
space text. [Ephraim
Janssen]
2. The
"One" ethical theory, not
"the" ethical theory. (You
could come to the same
conclusion using another
theory.) [Ephraim Janssen]
3. If a theory can have a
slogan, this one's would be
the Greatest Happiness
Principle, which you should

5. quote or refer to in some
way. [Ephraim Janssen]
4. matter.
Check verb number and
form. [Ephraim Janssen]
5. (Carnegie
Please review the APA
manual for proper citation
elements. The institution is
not the author and the
author deserves credit for
their words. [Ephraim
Janssen]
6. man’s
Using "man" to refer to
humans is a bit archaic. We
generally use "human" or
some other more accurate

6. equivalent. [Ephraim
Janssen]
does not justify cruelty. Man’s ends in this case is feeding a
growing appetite for meat, and
particularly poultry. For example, Poultry Trends (2018) reports
that the developing world is poised
to be the global industry demander of chicken by 2027.
Moreover, awareness about the
contributions of red meat to climate change are shifting
consumer preferences towards white meats,
with chicken being the cheapest option. Today, studies have
established that animals are capable of
experiencing suffering, which is why hunting many of them for
sport has been largely outlawed in
most jurisdictions (Dawkins, 2008). The fact that societies
recognized and took action concerning
this characteristic of animals means we possess the resources
and will to extend the categorical
imperative to animals.
Factory farming is also morally unjustifiable because the acts of
feeding, living, breeding,

7. nurturing, and movement are analogous to human activities
cultivated by the corresponding duties
of society. Our responsibilities to animals are implicit and draw
from our responsibility to respect
and facilitate the ends of humanity, which forms the basis for
the conventional animal rights
doctrine (Humphreys, 2013). This doctrine then became the
ethical foundation for some of the acts
passed by the United States government to regulate livestock
farming humanely and
environmentally sustainable. The 1966 Animal Welfare Act,
1963 Clean Air Act, 1876 Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, and 1958 Humane Methods of
Livestock Slaughter Act are good
examples of laws at work supporting the animal rights doctrine
as seen from a utilitarian
perspective (The Animal Legal Defense Fund, n.d.). CAFO,
California’s Proposition 2 Standards
for Confining Farm Animals, and the Utilization of Manure and
Other Agricultural and Industrial
Byproducts consider animal rights built on environmental
protection principles to stop intensive
livestock production methods like factory farming (EPA, 2000).
Comparative Analysis

8. A moral solution offered by applying the utilitarianism ethical
theory to the problem of
factory farming superior to that offered by deontology is
realizing the mixed prioritization of profit-
oriented farming strategies with kindness towards animals. If
animals are a crucial source of man’s
ends, then their state of being should stifle our emotions. The
deontology theory emphasizes
responsibility and rules that supports the endeavor of farmers
like Perdue Farms to meet demand
and consequently trumps kindness towards animals (Alexander,
2016). The time factor and vast
resources that make up the backbone of the livestock economy
limit the capacity of the production
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1. The entire developing
world? I suspect this is a bit

9. more specific. [Ephraim
Janssen]
2. outlawed
In what country? [Ephraim
Janssen]
3. utilitarianism
Utilitarianism: noun
utilitarian: adjective
[Ephraim Janssen]
4. stifle
Check word choice.
[Ephraim Janssen]
5. deontology
Deontology = noun
deontological = adjective
[Ephraim Janssen]
process to observe animal rights effectively. The moral solution
that would result from applying the

10. deontology theory to this moral problem would be more
standardized factory farms and a slow
descent into previously outlawed practices. The emphasis of
duty can impose a significant
argumentative force on devising laws for standard livestock
farming and ultimately the market
forces of supply and demand of animal products. The duty to
feed a rising global appetite would
lower the priority of animal welfare and result in harsher but
more economic and profitable means
of production. In place of deontology, utilitarianism would
enable societies to judge each other
based on treatments of animals. Those cruel to animals often
develop the same hard attitudes
towards their interaction with other people. Animal cruelty
ultimately results in human cruelty,
which is a self-interest degree capable of informing others to
what extends they ought to interact
with such people and on what kinds of subjects. The cruelty to
animals that transpires in factory
farms would be oblivious to deontologists because livestock, to
them, is just there to feed and offer
us other uses for their body parts or products. Animal suffering
would be a non-factor in the

11. deontological moral solution whereas it would be prioritized
under the utilitarianism theory.
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1. (image annotation)
Please review deontology
(including the PPT I provided
in an Announcement) and
rewrite this section before
submitting your Final Paper.
What I will need to see is
how the theory is applied,
almost like a geometry proof.
Show all the steps of the
reasoning. [Ephraim
Janssen]
References

12. Alexander, L. (2016). Deontological Ethics. Retrieved from
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontological/
Carnegie Mellon University. (2002). Utilitarian Theories.
Retrieved from
http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cavalier/80130/part2/sect9.html
Dawkins, M. (2008). The Science of Animal Suffering.
Ethology, 114(10), 937-945. doi:
10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01557.x
EPA. (2000). Profile of the agricultural livestock production
industry. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. Office of Compliance. EPA/310-R-00-002.
156 pp.
Humphreys, R. (2013). A Critical Examination of the Moral
Status of Animals, with Particular
Reference to the Practices of Factory Farming and Animal
Experimentation. Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy. School of English, Communication and
Philosophy, Cardiff
University, pp. 375.
PETA. (2018). Factory Farming: Misery for Animals. Retrieved
from
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-
farming/

13. Poultry Trends. (2018). Watt executive guide to world poultry
trends 2018. Retrieved from
http://www.poultrytrends.com/201811/index.php#/2
Singal, J. (2016). Why Humanely Raised Meat Tastes Better.
Retrieved from
https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/why-humanely-raised-meat-
tastes-better.html
The Animal Legal Defense Fund. (n.d.). Animal Protection
Laws of the United States of America.
Retrieved from https://aldf.org/article/animal-protection-laws-
of-the-united- states-of-
america/
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