Close Reading: Human-animal relations

CLOSE READING
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* Introduction
* Thesis: Human beings should change their utilitarian perspective on animals and instead take care of them, just like domesticated pets.
* Background
* Discuss ideas around human-animal relations
1 The utilitarian perspective involves the idea that animals are simply sources of food and have no added value.
2 The non-Utilitarian perspective shares the idea that animals could be treated with kindness and kept for other valuable uses. This theory argues that men and animals should relate as equals.
* Discuss the intentions and purpose of adopting a non-utilitarian perspective when dealing with animals. Outline the future changes that might be experienced due to the shift in perspective.
* Importance of archeology in reconstructing human-animal relations. Archeology in preserving the history of different species of animals. The use of archeology could be essential in establishing new scientific pieces of evidence, such as evolution.
* Archeological sites in providing historical data on animals and species
* Archeological sites in providing scientific data on animal age and prehistoric human activities
* Importance of zooarcheology in the reconstruction of human-animal relations
* Zooarcheology helps in providing useful information for educational purposes.
* Zooarcheology helps in providing a history of the activities of man with animals.
* Arguments for social benefits
* The essence of animals in traditional beliefs and practices
1 Some animals were considered as mythical subjects in the community
2 Animals were also a rich source of a community’s cultural history
3 The study of anim...