animal testing debate
"Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide..." Because I agree with these words by Joan Ryan, I stand in negation of the resolution I will uphold the value of prosperity ,and support it with a criterion of progress.
I will now proceed with my case. My first contention is; It aids researchers in finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medicine.
By: John Rowlinson
1. Many Medical Treatments have been made possible by animal testing, including cancer and HIV drugs, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more.
2. animal testing allows researchers to initially gauge the safety of drugs prior to commencing Trials On Humans.
3. Millions of animals are killed each year for food; if anything medical reaserch is a more worthy death
4. The animals are subdued before most tests commence so the majority of the pain they would be feeling is taken away by that.
My second contention is; rationality is the basis of moral status and animals aren’t rational.
By: philosophers such as Peter Singer and Tom Regan.
1. reason must be the basis for morality. Animals arguably don’t have the same ability to reflect on their desires and formulate reasons for action as humans.
2. Indirect theories deny animals moral status or equal consideration with humans due to a lack of consciousness, reason, or autonomy.
3. Although animals can feel pain they do not truely suffer because they do not understand what they are losing.
4. Animals lack the cognitive abilities to plan for the future or consider long-term benefits and harms, so killing an animal simply occurs in the moment, while killing a human takes away his or her planned future and has continuous effects.
5. Animals are not as rational as humans and so, they do not deserve right.
My third contention is;
While animals matter, they still come secondary to humans.
By: kant and R.G. Frey
1. While
I will now proceed with my case. My first contention is; It aids researchers in finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medicine.
By: John Rowlinson
1. Many Medical Treatments have been made possible by animal testing, including cancer and HIV drugs, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more.
2. animal testing allows researchers to initially gauge the safety of drugs prior to commencing Trials On Humans.
3. Millions of animals are killed each year for food; if anything medical reaserch is a more worthy death
4. The animals are subdued before most tests commence so the majority of the pain they would be feeling is taken away by that.
My second contention is; rationality is the basis of moral status and animals aren’t rational.
By: philosophers such as Peter Singer and Tom Regan.
1. reason must be the basis for morality. Animals arguably don’t have the same ability to reflect on their desires and formulate reasons for action as humans.
2. Indirect theories deny animals moral status or equal consideration with humans due to a lack of consciousness, reason, or autonomy.
3. Although animals can feel pain they do not truely suffer because they do not understand what they are losing.
4. Animals lack the cognitive abilities to plan for the future or consider long-term benefits and harms, so killing an animal simply occurs in the moment, while killing a human takes away his or her planned future and has continuous effects.
5. Animals are not as rational as humans and so, they do not deserve right.
My third contention is;
While animals matter, they still come secondary to humans.
By: kant and R.G. Frey
1. While