Write your essay as if you are writing to a friend who missed class on the day this was discussed. There is no bibliography or works cited page required.

You may write in first person or even write the essay as if it were a letter to your “friend” from class. ESSAY TOPIC-Being human, being alive, the capacity to feel pain, consciousness, the ability to solve complex problems, gender, race and age are just a few of the criteria that have been used or have been suggested as important for a being to have rights.

What are the necessary criteria a being must possess to have rights? Given your answer, do any non-humans have rights? Evaluate your position (by explaining an opposing view and defending your view against it).