Animal Research In Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince

As stated by Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince “The means justify the end”. This novel was similar to a manual that taught royalty how they should conduct themselves. This famous quote was a means for justification for cruelty by royals as long as they were successful rulers in the end. Regardless of the fact that The Prince was written in 1532, this theory is still applicable in many fields today. Many unethical things have been done with the justification that these actions are for the greater good. This is seen in many of our worldly affairs such as politics and ethics. For example animal research has been seen as a cruel and unethical thing for years. However, one may believe that the benefits that mankind have received from animal research outweighs the ethical dispute that exists. One huge benefit that has come from animal experimentation is the progress medicine has made in cancer research. The biggest progress we have made in regards to cancer survivor rates has to do with the new drugs that have been developed. As quoted by the AMP (Americans for Medical Progress) “Until recently, surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy have been the
In fact, Paul Furlong who is a professor of clinical neuroimaging at Aston University stated “it's very hard to create an animal model that even equates closely to what we're trying to achieve in the human”. Accompanying this Thomas Hartung, who is a professor at Johns Hopkins University has made several arguments against animal experimentation and has implored for additional research into animal tests because “we are not 70 kg rats” (Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?). However, this thought process is just the result of a lack of understanding of molecular