Many believe that using animals for scientific testing purposes is fundamentally immoral, while others see it as a necessary evil. In my opinion, even though it is decidedly unethical, the overall impact on human progress justifies its continuance.
Detractors of animal testing often point out that animals have rights. We would never condone this type of testing on a human, even with one with a low IQ and it follows that we should treat animals with some measure of respect. The strongest argument supporting this is the level of cruelty involved in animal testing. Many drugs that are tested on animals have painful side effects and the test subjects may die slow painful deaths. This is undeniably unjustifiable regarding testing in non-essential medical fields such as cosmetics. Despite the moral quagmire detailed above, I believe animal testing does enough to advance medical testing to warrant its use. Some cursory research will reveal the importance of animal testing in fields such as diabetic medicine, cancer research, experimental surgery, and stem cells. Testing insulin for diabetics on dogs may be the most well-known example of this kind of impactful research. Many other advances in medicine often attributed to animal testing have saved countless human lives to an extent that would be impossible if researchers were working under the moral constraints of human test subjects.
In conclusion, animal testing is the best way to make breakthroughs in medicine and should be strongly encouraged. Governments should work with medical institutions to implement more medical testing on animals across the board
Many
believe that using
animals
for scientific
testing
purposes is
fundamentally
immoral, while others
see
it as a necessary evil. In my opinion,
even though
it is
decidedly
unethical, the
overall
impact on
human
progress justifies its continuance.
Detractors of
animal
testing
often
point out that
animals
have rights. We would never condone this type of
testing
on a
human
, even with one with a low IQ and it follows that we should treat
animals
with
some
measure of respect. The strongest argument supporting this is the level of cruelty involved in
animal
testing
.
Many
drugs that are
tested
on
animals
have painful side effects and the
test
subjects may
die
slow painful deaths. This is
undeniably
unjustifiable regarding
testing
in non-essential
medical
fields such as cosmetics. Despite the moral quagmire detailed above, I believe
animal
testing
does
enough
to advance
medical
testing
to warrant its
use
.
Some
cursory research will reveal the importance of
animal
testing
in fields such as diabetic medicine, cancer research, experimental surgery, and stem cells.
Testing
insulin for diabetics on dogs may be the most well-known example of this kind of impactful research.
Many
other advances in medicine
often
attributed to
animal
testing
have saved countless
human
lives
to an extent that would be impossible if researchers were working under the moral constraints of
human
test
subjects.
In conclusion
,
animal
testing
is the best way to
make
breakthroughs in medicine and should be
strongly
encouraged.
Governments
should work with
medical
institutions to implement more
medical
testing
on
animals
across the
board