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Question 1) Scully supports his claim in saying that cruelty to animals should be a conservative clause in many ways. One technique he uses is by taking religious statements from authors and the Bible that many conservatives would consider their own values. Scully pretty much says that if conservatives believe in these things than they would be hypocrites if they didn't believe cruelty to animals was a serious issue that needed to be dealt with. Being a conservative himself, he opens up the minds of other conservatives to see the situation at hand in a new way that they might not have seen before.

Question 3) Scully believes that animals should be treated like our household pets. He thinks that the leads we could do, as humans, is to give them proper treatment since they are going to die eventually and give us their meat. Scully writes. "...pigs and cows should be able to walk and turn around, fowl to move about  and spread their wings, and all creatures to know the feel of soil and grass and the warmth of the sun." He thinks that the animals being kept in small cages where they can get ulcers, broken legs and other medical issues are not getting a chance to experience life whatsoever. Even if the cage was big enough for a pig to turn around in, that would be better than the current conditions now.

Additional Question) Yes Scully addresses other views in his article. He states, "The problem with moral relativism is that it leads to capriciousness and the despotic use of power". By this he means that many people have different values and it can lead to selfishness. No matter if a person is a liberal or a conservative it is now an issue of obligation to charity versus obligation to justice. He convinces the readers that even though he is conservative he can still share the same feelings about an issue as a liberal.