Evaluating Web Sites - Examples 5 & 6

Here are the final two examples.

The Moral Status of Animals
http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/Animals/index.html

FURISDEAD.com
http://www.furisdead.com/

Remembering that this tutorial is not for or against animal rights but, rather, about evaluating web pages and web sites, think about this:

• After visiting FURISDEAD.com, do you feel you have a reasoned basis to consider whether or not you are opposed to wearing fur?  If so, are you also opposed to wearing leather belts and shoes or eating fish, hot dogs, cheese, chicken, etc.?  Why or why not?  Has there been an appeal to your reason about the status of animals?

• After visiting The Moral Status of Animals, does it appear that there might be a reasoned basis to consider whether or not to eat animals, wear animal products, use them in experiments and tests?  Why or why not?

• Which web site do you think provides the kind of information that would help you write an objective paper on animal rights or some aspect of it?  Feel free to see what you can find out about the sources (people, institutions) and content of these two web sites using:
   

  • Library Catalog
  • Articles Databases
  • Internet