The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation
The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation
This chapter challenges those who would reject the conclusions of opponents of animal research. It addresses that all ethical theories have weaknesses. It shows that even if one only cared about humans and their well-being, one would still have good reason to oppose using animals in biomedical research. It determines several commonsense moral principles. Then, it uses these principles to develop an ethical consistency argument designed to show that using animals as test subjects in biomedical research is wrong. This chapter suggests that there is no good reason to use a research protocol as notoriously unreliable as animal-based biomedical research.
Keywords: animal research, ethical theories, biomedical research, commonsense moral principles, humans
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