Chill out about Animal Experimentation
Scientist Joe Kaplinsky aims to calm our nerves on the emotive subject of animal experimentation. To deny its usefulness, he says, “shows a complete lack of understanding of the whole history of biology.” Genetic engineering he tells us, allows us to learn much more from animals, like the glowing monkeys in Japan. On animal suffering, Joe points out that although it’s easy to project human emotions onto animals, they do not feel pain as we do and he argues, humans have a moral worth that animals do not.
Recommended Links:
- Article by Stuart Derbyshire a senior lecturer in psychology: Humans are more important than animals
- Pro-test supporter James Panton writes: Time to stop monkeying around
- Discussion between Kenan Malik and Richard Ryder You won’t find chimps having this debate
- New Statesman: Animal Rights
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Sian said:
This is great, animal experimentation saves people’s lives, yet the moral high ground seems to taken by those who say it is cruel. Saving lives trumps that.