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This 6 page paper examines the controversial subject of animal testing. This paper argues that it is always immoral. Kant and Hume are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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euthanized, but there are laws against cruelty to animals. In fact, most criminologists agree that one sure sign of a serial killer is cruelty to animals. It is fundamentally agreed
that cruelty to animals is immoral. Yes, animals are property but the do have some rights. People cannot torture animals. It is against the law. That said, it is also
the case that animals are used in experiments that no one would ever use human beings for. To many people, this is wrong too. It is tantamount to torture, despite
the fact that scientists do take safeguards in doing these experiments. However, while cruelty for no apparent reason is definitely wrong, there is argument when it comes to experimentation. That
is, is it wrong to use animals for medical experiments when the outcome may mean saving human life? In 1997, in addition to mice, 1,345,739 (Chang, 1998, p. 8) other
types of animals were used in experiments. This includes dogs and cats (Chang, 1998). In the U.S. many people consider a dog or cat a member of the family.
In general, after experimentation, most of these animals were put to death (Chang, 1998). On one hand, this would seem immoral. After all, if cats and dogs and other animals
are pets and viewed as members of the family, how can people experiment on them and then put them to sleep? It would not be acceptable if this were done
to human beings. The question really is whether or not these animals should be treated on the same level as the human being. Many believe that animal testing is
necessary because such procedures need to be conducted on animals before attempted on humans (Chang, 1998). Of course, this stance suggests that human beings are inherently more valuable and that
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