Over centuries humans have experimented with many different chemicals, products, and processes, with the final aim of bettering our conditions. Testing products on animals most likely dates back centuries, however, in modern society it is a controversial point. Below is an outline of circumstances when it could be considered acceptable and unacceptable.
Firstly, it is clear that major advances in fighting disease, viruses and illnesses would not have been made without testing products on animals. This is because it is inhumane to test the products on healthy human beings, likewise using computer modelling to predict reactions is only a recent possibility and still not as reliable as testing on animals. Therefore without experiments on animals, breakthroughs in medicine would have been impossible, and most would agree the price paid has been worth it.
Conversely, it could be argued that medical research carried out for mere cosmetic ends is undoubtedly not worth the lives of innocent animals. This is largely for two reasons, firstly a large body of research is said to have been built up previously from past experiments, and secondly there are alternatives such as dermatological testing or using natural ingredients. For example, retail chains such as Lush and The Body Shop have both made fortunes by positioning themselves as natural solutions against animal testing. Therefore due to the end rationale for testing on animals, and the alternatives available, it is clear it is completely unjustifiable in this situation.
To conclude animal welfare can be side-stepped when the situation is threatening humans and computer alternatives are simply too premature. Nevertheless, when the research has rather fickle motives and viable alternatives do exist, in these cases the loss of animal’s lives in inexcusable.
Over centuries humans have experimented with
many
different
chemicals,
products
, and processes, with the final aim of bettering our conditions.
Testing
products
on
animals
most likely dates back centuries,
however
, in modern society it is a controversial point. Below is an outline of circumstances when it could
be considered
acceptable and unacceptable.
Firstly
, it is
clear
that major advances in fighting disease, viruses and illnesses would not have
been made
without
testing
products
on
animals
. This is
because
it is inhumane to
test
the
products
on healthy human beings,
likewise
using computer modelling to predict reactions is
only
a recent possibility and
still
not as reliable as
testing
on
animals
.
Therefore
without experiments on
animals
, breakthroughs in medicine would have been impossible, and most would
agree
the price paid has been worth it.
Conversely
, it could
be argued
that medical research carried out for mere cosmetic ends is
undoubtedly
not worth the
lives
of innocent
animals
. This is
largely
for two reasons,
firstly
a large body of research
is said
to have
been built
up previously from past experiments, and
secondly
there are
alternatives
such as dermatological
testing
or using natural ingredients.
For example
, retail chains such as Lush and The Body Shop have both made fortunes by positioning themselves as natural solutions against
animal
testing
.
Therefore
due to the
end
rationale for
testing
on
animals
, and the
alternatives
available, it is
clear
it is completely unjustifiable in this situation.
To conclude
animal
welfare can be side-stepped when the situation is threatening humans and computer
alternatives
are
simply
too premature.
Nevertheless
, when the research has
rather
fickle motives and viable
alternatives
do exist, in these cases the loss of
animal’s
lives
in inexcusable.
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