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I am making this in an attempt to learn more on other views on the subject. I have found in study that animal testing has benefits in medicine but at the same time disadvantages. I certainty don't understand testing on rats the closest to justifiable is chimps as they have the closest genetic structure to ours. But that small percent difference can still cause severely different effects. Due to such I am torn on a standpoint on this I hope you people can give me your insight to help me come to a valid conclusion.

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I personally am still very much confused on my stance on animal testing. For cosmetics and other luxuries, the practice is clearly immoral, but for medicine and other medical reasons I can't be sure.

Cirion Spellbinder wrote:For cosmetics and other luxuries, the practice is clearly immoral, but for medicine and other medical reasons I can't be sure.

Right, there are black and white cases, and there are grey areas.

Meat in the first world is lose-lose. It harms us, non-human animals, the environment. There's nothing good about it not easily obtained from superior options.
Animal testing may provide some real benefits along with the harm. That complicates the moral equation, because we have to weigh harm against benefit, and that takes more intimate knowledge on the subject.

I err on the side of letting the researchers, who know better than I how to test their potential medications, decide. They may be wrong, but I'm not in a position to judge them -- either of knowledge, or on any kind of moral high horse (I won't sacrifice my life to save a mouse; I'd take the medication, and I think we all should).

brimstoneSalad wrote: I err on the side of letting the researchers, who know better than I how to test their potential medications, decide. They may be wrong, but I'm not in a position to judge them -- either of knowledge, or on any kind of moral high horse (I won't sacrifice my life to save a mouse; I'd take the medication, and I think we all should).

I understand what you mean but thew justification whenj its mice is iffy to me because it is such a large way from us on the genetic specrum that it could help them but kill us