After reading Regan’s text, I found that I agreed with what he seemed to say about how animals and humans have inherent value. I agree that they do, and both animals and humans should be treated well and with respect. I view all living things as having some kind of value. Animals seem to be in the same category as children and babies, they’re constantly caught in the same problem where people are not sure if they actually feel pain or not. This is demonstrated by countries piercing babies’ ears or the infant getting circumcised only being a few days old because they were thought to not have their nerves fully developed. I can also see the argument for who it actually hurts more when what Regan used as an example as a neighbor kicking a person’s dog. I feel like the neighbor hurts the dog. If the dog is walking away and its leg is hurt or anything and doesn’t put weight on it because it is uncomfortable for it, then the dog obviously feels pain. By Regan’s view point, the neighbor is actually hurting the person whom owns the dog because the dog is the person’s property. While I cannot usually see this side of the situation and ones similar to it, this text made me question my assumptions and what I would normally think about the situation. Regan had a way of making me look at things differently and I will continue to do that when reading other material that I already have assumptions for.