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    constantly revised and redefined. It should not come as a surprise that the newest addition to the discussion is whether or not animals should be considered persons. One person to join this conversation is Peter Singer, the author of the paper, “All Animals Are Equal”, and believer that sentient animals should be given equal rights. Within the debate of whether animals should be on a level playing field with humans, there is a variety of stances that rely on the definitions used within the argument

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    he ethical issue of animal testing for medical testing is not new, for example the majority of the common vaccines were developed because medical research that utilized animal testing. Many philosophers have attempted to explain the rights of animals and some wrote on the lack of inherent rights. This issue is difficult because animals can’t speak for themselves but humans do have a place to play in the fight for animal rights. I will apply the principle of utility along with the moral theories of

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    hearing the words “animal testing”? Pain. Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, are procedures that are done on living animals for research purposes. The problem with animal testing is how the animals do not have a choice of whether or not they want to participate in the experiment. Animal testing is unethical and is inhumane. Animals should be able to live a pain free life as humans do. Though some believe animal testing is okay, I am here to prove them wrong. Animals do not have a

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    researchers have used animals for testing products for years and it still isn’t okay. Everyone has their own feelings towards animal testing. Some believe they are for companions and others believe they are a science experiment. How one views animals, doesn’t change that animals are still being tested and abused by research facilities and even cosmetic companies all over the world. Even though humans have benefited from animal research, the pain, suffering, and death the animals go through is not worth

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    Is Animal Testing Cruel

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    Animal testing is horrible because animals are innocent living beings that feel and think the same as we do.Although animal testing does save lives think about the animals lives were putting behind our own and if we keep doing this then soon there will be many mutated animals and they will keep making more “non humans”.If we keep up our testing there will someday be no more animals to test on.Therefore this is why animal testing is inhumane and cruel.Animals should not be tested on by humans for

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    tested on? Animals have been used in research for the past couple of decades and it continues to be a topic of serious debate to this day. Animal testing involves the process of subjecting animals to clinical trials rather than human trials in order to test the effectiveness of certain drugs and products. The debate is whether or not it is morally right or wrong to use animals during experimentation. Many scientists argue that it is necessary to use animal research in saving lives, but animal rights

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    things being animal testing, animal testing is a big problem in today's society, not many people know what's going on in hiding. Animals can feel pain just like us, and with some of these experiments, the pain an animal can experience is tremendous. Therefore, animals should not have to suffer excruciating pain for our beauty products or medicine when there will always be a first human tester, especially when there are multiple times the test could pass on animals but not on humans. Animals can feel

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    breeding of any animals of all kinds. Animal testing is not beneficial because they cause animals pain. They breed animals for testing and for research for checking if an experiment goes right.Most animals are killed during the testings. We shouldn’t have testing because of that. Giving animals pain isn’t right. Scientists use needles and don’t relieve the pain they caused the animal. Animals that are given little to none to relieve the pain many animals may still might experience the pain. U.S. Food

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    vast idea is creating the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people and to end pain and suffering with this principle by using Utilitarian Calculus. In Utilitarian Calculus, one would analyze the situation and as long as the action has a greater positive effect (more happiness) overall than a negative effect (pain and suffering) then the act is moral. Singer had many arguments when it comes to animal rights and speciesism. Singer defines ‘speciesists’ as individuals who “give greater weight

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    estimated that each year 100 million animals in the United States are used for animal testing including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds. Doing research and testing the safety of products on them is a debatable topic. Researchers give pain to animals to make sure that the humans do not suffer from pain. People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques

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