Ethos Pathos Logos

Animal rights has been a great controversy for a long time. This topic is talked about in Tom Regan’s article entitled, “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs” and Linda Hasselstrom’s piece titled “The Cow Versus the Animal Rights Activist”. Each author debates how human benefits defend the killings of animals. Regan argues that harming animals is unjust. Hasselstrom believes that animals can be killed to benefit humans and still be loved with care. Both authors use ethos, pathos, and logos in different and similar ways.

Both authors use great ethos in their arguments. This gives them both great credibility. Regan is a “professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University” (336). Regan uses ethos by stating “the species is officially protected by agreement of the member nations of the International Whaling Commission” (336). He is very knowledgeable by knowing the law says. Hasselstrom usage of ethos is used very well also. She states in her article “I’m a rancher; beef cattle provide most of my money and food. I like cows; ive had a warm partnership with them for thirty-five

Regan’s tone throughout the argument is sad, dark, serious, and very moody. he uses multiple extrme imageries. For example, the account of Thai hunter describes how to hunt the baby gibbon by using a gun. He explains “slowly her fingers begin to loosen her grip. Death is there, staining her pale fur” (Regan 337). This is very descriptive becsuse regan wants the reader to feel what the animal are going through. The usage of pathos in Hasselstrom’s article is weak compared to Regan’s. even though she is passionate about her love for cows, she comes off in a vry comical way about it. She states “I also love to cut into a tender sirloin steak with a hint of pink in the center, and dip each bite into the luscious brown juice surrounding the potatoes on my plate” (Hasselstrom 327). Hasselstrom’s tone is not