Animal experimentation The topic that I have chosen for my research paper concentrates on animal experimentation which has been a controversy issue for many years. In fact‚ countries still still have problem with this because‚ it involves animals to be used to test chemicals. There are two sides of this issue in which people debate between advantages and disadvantages of animal testing. It is very hard to say that if animals have rights or not‚ therefore‚ it has remained to
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Animal Experimentation by Peggy J. Parks describes advantages and disadvantages of animal research. This book explains one of the major social justice issue that is becoming controversial these days: Animal Rights. Scientists are trying to find new vaccines and medical products‚ but you cannot test them on humans right away. We cannot risk human’s life‚ but can we risk animal’s life? In 2005‚ the USDA reported that 1‚177‚566 animals were used in the laboratory‚ excluding mice‚ rats‚ birds‚ fish‚
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The Disease Factory: An Analysis of Peter Singer’s “Down on the Factory Farm” and the Spread of Diseases In "Down on the Factory Farm‚" Peter Singer discusses the methods that factory farmers employ to raise animals for profit and reveals the detrimental effects on the animals. These detrimental effects do not stop at the animals‚ however‚ as the conditions of factory farms affect the quality and health of the food. The move from small farms to the factory farm has increased the risk of salmonella
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(Hum)animal Experimentation Can animals feel pain‚ suffer from depression‚ or even contemplate suicide? The rising number of animal rights protests has caused scientists to ask themselves these questions. While discovering new medications is important for the public health‚ the welfare of animals has been brought to experts’ attention. For example‚ in “The Flaws and Human Harms of Animal Experimentation‚” neurologist and public health specialist Aysha Akhtar wants every aspect of drug testing using
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article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality“‚ Peter Singer says that humans have an obligation to the poor and starving; based on the assumption that suffering and starvation is bad. The assumption‚ that there is something morally wrong with having human beings starved to death should make one question whether they have a duty to the poor. Peter examines whether an affluent society like ours has any moral obligation to the poor in this world. In the article Peter said "India needs a minimum of $300‚000
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is hard to recognize that “All Animals are Equal” simply because everyone is selfish. People will always promote the survival of their own‚ and have prejudice to a different color‚ or species simply because they want to promote their self interest. Though all the discrimination arguments should be handled through utilitarianism: one life equals one life‚ no matter of species‚ more often than not humans utilize egoism to make their arguments. I believe that Singer is right in his argument because
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the use of animals to get the products that everyone at the end will use. Animal experimentation is wrong because it has a lot of facts animals have rights no matter what kind of animal is ‚in laboratories they’re treated badly and used more than once by different products. Scientist and studies have proved that animals live in constant distress and pain and that more than 1‚000 thousand of animals died for each experiment . Many of the deaths caused by the experimentation were unnecessary
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Animal Experimentation: A Necessity “Since more than 1.4 million mammals other than rats and mice were used in research‚ and since mice and rats probably make up 90% of the animals in labs‚ we can guess that about 14 million rats and mice were used in research in 2002” (“11 Facts About Animal Testing”). One might assume 14 million is a lot of animals put to torture‚ but has one thought about what benefits come forth from the testing done? Has one thought that the animals being used are to gain
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“In the work of such philosophers as Peter Singer‚ it seems merely to be assumed that the virtues of an intellectual theory‚ such as economy and simplicity‚ translate into a desirable rationality of social practice. That represents a Platonic rationalism of the most suspect kind”(Sunstein‚ 2004). Peter Singer‚ a wrold renowned animal rights activist travels to New York‚ and walks around 5th Avenue‚ which has high-end‚ boutique stores‚ for luxury shopping‚ and raises the question‚ is their something
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“It is one thing to say that the suffering of a nonhuman animal‚ just as the suffering of us humans‚ is a bad thing in itself. It is another to say that we or the nonhuman animals have a right not to be caused to suffer or feel pain (MacKinnon‚ 382).” Most of the time‚ when people think of animals‚ they think of something furry‚ cuddly‚ feathery‚ slimy‚ and something with a beak or lots of sharp teeth. However‚ many people do not think of life‚ a beating heart‚ feelings and receptiveness to stimulants
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