be a cruel place” can be heard in many different languages throughout households worldwide. The irony in this statement is that often humans are the cause of the cruelties, rather than the victims of them. We, as human beings, tend to see ourselves as morally more important than all other species. This is a form of discrimination called speciesism. Speciesism is a broad topic that can lead to many, equally important issues in society. One of the most prominent results of speciesism is animal experimentation
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Material Appendix B Final Exam • Access the Electronic Reserve Readings link on your student Web site for Week Nine. • Select one of the topics below and read both articles that present opposing sides of the argument surrounding that topic. o Animal experimentation o Outsourcing o Media violence • Answer the following questions in paragraphs of approximately 100 words demonstrating your critical and creative thinking skills. 1. Identify if the topic you chose, as presented by both articles
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A surprising fact about animal testing is that most of the animal researchers don't test drugs but do basic research and modify mice. Animal testing is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of everything from medication to cosmetics. As well as understanding how the human body works. Supporters believe it is a necessary practice, those opposed to animal testing believe that it involves the torture and Suffering Of Animals. Another fact about animal testing is used to assess safety and effective
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* 1) Animal testing is not the same as human testing : Animal testing and human testing have different effects and results. The reaction of a drug in an animal’s body is quite different from the reaction in a human. * 2) Drug testing on animals causes stress, pain and sometimes death: Animal testing is cruel and sometimes it doesn’t even work. Some of the animals are not even properly anesthetized so, they feel sharp pains and usually die. One example of animal testing is called the
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Petty 12/2/2015 English 099 Mr. Adamoschek Is it cruel to use Animals to Test Human products? Approximately 225 million animals are used for testing every year. Billions have been killed in the process. ("Questions and Answers About Biomedical Research.”) How can this be allowed? Isn’t it cruel to use animals to test products for humans? Many animal rights activists say, “yes” to this question. However, scientists argue it is necessary and animal research can help save human lives. There are probable
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Animal Rights Jeremy Bentham, author of the Principles of Morals and Legislation, said about animals, “The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” (Ratcliffe 14). Determining what rights animals deserve to be given is a decision that has been fought over for decades. People are rising to defend and protect animals from certain treatment that has been declared unacceptable to human beings. People want to give them more rights to protect them from exploitation
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English 240 December 16, 2011 Should Animals be used for Research During the past ten years, a major controversy over the use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research has arisen. The debate about using animals for medical testing has been ongoing for years. The struggle is usually between animal rights activists and scientist. I believe that animal testing is imperative to the progression of medical cures, procedures and drugs. Scientists have been solving medical problems, developing
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Ryanesha Curley Animal Rights Do you believe that animals deserve rights? They may not talk or reason, but they do have rights. Animals surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation. All animals suffer in the same way and to the same degree that humans do. They can feel anger, loneliness, depression, happiness, and love. Animals should have rights because; they have feelings, should be treated equally, and shouldn’t be used as objects. “If you step on your dogs paw
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Animal Testing More than 100 million animals suffer and die in the U.S. every year in cruel chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics tests as well as in medical training exercises and curiosity-driven medical experiments at universities (Testing 101). Many people may ask what exactly is animal testing? Animal testing refers to any procedure performed on living animals for purposes of research, yet there are alternative ways to do that research. Why aren’t we using those? Why do people continue to use
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Animal testing has been around for decades. Even though many other technological alternatives have been discovered, thousands of innocent animals lose their lives to senseless testing. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) protects some species but not the majority, “The AWA does not cover rats, mice, fish, or birds which comprise around 95% of the animals used in research” (“Should Animals”). These animals are born in facilities in order to be used for testing. From the moment they are born they have a death
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