Task: Write a 3-4 page (approx. 1200-1500 words) argumentative essay in which yo
Task: Write a 3-4 page (approx. 1200-1500 words) argumentative essay in which you support a position on a current social-political issue. 3 sources must be used, the ones i provided below. My stance is pro eating meat and the main argument is that, it is ethical and moral to eat meat. We are going against the vegetarian stance, that eating meat is unethical because it causes harm to animals. One paragraph should counter this claim to strengthen the argument. The sources provided below support my stance and claim that eating meat is ethical and moral. The 3 sources must be used below, feel free to add another source that you find may support my argument.
source 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/magazine/the-ethicist-contest-winner-give-thanks-for-meat.html ; This article discusses the ethics of eating meat and how it is ethical.
source 2: https://allthatsinteresting.com/plants-defense-mechanism ; this article is about how plants also feel pain in their own way. Can be used to counter argue the stance that killing animals causes them pain and is therefore unethical.
source 3: https://myislam.org/quran-verses/eating-meat/ ; this article is showing verses from the quran that state and prove eating meat is ethical and moral from a religious standpoint because god created animals and cattle for us to use.
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