Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Is it a need or a want?
Why do we really use animals in medical experimentation? The following statement was made in class the other day: "It is not a want, it is a need." I have to agree with this statement. A few people tried to argue that it was human choice in the first place that people got diseases, however,there are some illnesses and diseases out there that people do not recieve by lifestyle choices, they are genetic, and they just get them. For those reasons, and those reasons only, I support animal experimentation for medical research in trying to find vacines and cures for genetic diseases. If someone is sick merely because they ate too much fatty foods, then that was their lifestyle choice and they have to deal with it. But if someone is sick because of a genetic disease or for a reason beyond their control, then that is where medical research steps in and attempts to find a relief or cure for that disease.
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Do you think that these people with a genetic disease would be more in favor of volunteering for testing of a new drug, and thus lead to the elimination of animal testing?
But, I agree, and it is a very good point, that agreeing with animal testing to a specific level, testing for possible cures for genetic diseases, is ethical. However, I think that the process of animal research is so systematically flawed that the singling out of this one act would not be able to occur.
I think it more accurate to say that it is a "desire," not any kind of "need," we share for finding cures for human suffering. And that desire ought to be satisfied by ethical means.
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