Ethics and Medicine

There are several topics in our world today where ethics and medicine conflict. One of the biggest conflicts that is up for debate is whether animal testing should be allowed or not. Many people believe that humans should not be able to test on animals because it is ethically and morally wrong. When animals are tested on they have sever side effects and have life long trama. In the end most of them end up dying due to being tested on. For example the joint disease osteoarthritis, people bring in healthy animals and inflict the healthy animals with the disease by dislocation their joints and injecting them with a dangerous liquid, which most of the time kills these animals. Some argue believe animal testing is acceptable because with the results of these testings it could benefit humans and save human lives. They believe that human lives are more important than the lives of innocent animals. I heard about this topic from a friend who did a persuasive paper on animal testing and why it should not be allowed.

I found an article that showed the pros and cons of why animal experitation should or should not be allowed. The article which can be found at Animal Experimentation tells both side of the argument. I think the cons have the best argument because I feel that animals have rights just like humans. I feel it is unacceptable to harm and kill animals only for the benefit of humans. Although animals cannot speak they have feelings and have the right to be treated as beings of value in themselves, not as the means to human ends. In the end I do not think animals should be able to be tested on for the benefit of humans.