and experiment on animals to further our technologies. Often times it comes down to the worth of one creature over another. Our actions are justified by the simple concept of “who you would rather choose to die‚ a rat or a human?” According to Scholz et al. (2013) testing chemicals on vertebrates is essential to determine environmental hazards and to assess the risks. However‚ these tests are often considered inappropriate and raise ethical and financial concerns. Animal testing is not only unethical
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“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality”. (Arthur Schopenhauer‚ the Basis of Morality). Although animal testing has contributed too many life saving cures and treatments‚ it is cruel and most experiments involving animals are flawed. In my opinion testing of these products should be
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happen in this world and Animal Testing is one of them. Doctors‚Scientists and other people test on these animals everyday. In my opinion there should be no animal testing at all. It is cruel. Right now there are millions of animals sitting in cold cages waiting for their next painful procedure. The stress‚ sterility and boredom causes them to develop neurotic behaviors such as‚ biting themselves and running around in circles. Most of these animals are killed after the testing because there is no possible
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There is estimated that 26 animals are used for testing‚ research and education in the US each year. More than 70.000 of them are nonhuman primates. Using animals as research subject in medical experiments is broadly condemned on two parts. The first one is because it wrongly violates the rights of animals‚ and second one‚ because it wrongly impose on sentient creatures much avoidable suffering. These two grounds are both deserve definitive dismissal. People using animals for medical experiments to
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dictionary‚ the word "argument" means "A statement or series of statements for or against something‚" or "A discussion in which people express different opinions about something‚" or "An angry disagreement." I completely agree with these definitions‚ except there is more to the word that may be very hard to explain. the word argument is an abstract word‚ meaning it is an intangible thing. No one can hear‚ see‚ touch‚ smell and‚ or taste an argument‚ However‚ when people hear the word argument or experience
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Animal testing has become a barbaric form of testing in today’s world. It has been a debated topic for decades. Both sides have presented both strong and weak arguments alike. Those who would argue against animal testing have taken a stand due to the way it affects animals. Even in the best circumstances‚ the animals could easily be considered abused. Those in favor of animal testing‚ a quickly waning population‚ don’t seem to deny the abuse that exists. Rather‚ they argue that the pain is justified
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Animal Testing Cruelties A majority of people are okay with the brutal killings of animals for testing purposes. Animal testing can be beneficial; however‚ the use of animals for testing is immoral and rarely even works. When being tested on‚ so many animals are treated cruelly and unlawfully. Also‚ a large percent of the time‚ animal testing is ineffective. Sometimes‚ animal testing can be humane‚ but sadly most research is cruel; which is why we should put animal testing to a stop. Animal testing
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Arguments against testing The critics of animal testing base their argument on the grounds of morality‚ the necessity or the validity of this procedure‚ whether proper authority to perform such tests is granted‚ whether such tests are actually needed and whether such tests practically provide us with any useful information. The supporters of animal rights say that animals have the right to live their own life peacefully; and we are not allowed to meddle with them just because we can. (Alternatives
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SHOULD WE REPLACE ANIMAL TESTING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD WITH ALTERNATIVE METHODS? Affirmative Arguments: 1. Their poor reliability (more reliable alternatives) 2. Unnecessary cruelty to animals (causing controversy) Reliability/Alternatives Reliability Cigarettes were considered safe because smoking-related cancer is almost impossible to reproduce in non-human animals. The primary purpose of medical research is to promote human health‚ and the most direct research methods focus on the study of
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Relevant thesis. Animal testing is a hot question of debate‚ because of the bioethics behind it. There are two main sides of the issue to this topic that many people fall into one of the camps of. The first is that of antivivisectionist who believe that any living animal should not be tested on for research purposes. Antivivisectionist would not only note that the pain inflicted upon animals is unneeded for current advances in medicine. While those in vitro models are not perfected yet‚ they provide
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